The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.
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To open a shop is easy -- the hard part is keeping it open.Chinese
There are many paths up the mountain, but the view from the top is always the same.
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By day think of your own faults, by night think of the faults of others.
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The winds of the heavens shift suddenly; so does human fate.
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Believe your servants but do not listen to them.
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He who goes his own way does not deserve being received.
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