When the boat reaches mid-stream, it is too late to stop the leak.
More Chinese Proverbs:
The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote.Chinese
A heart that is rotten -- breath that smells.
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Walls have ears.
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Only one who can swallow an insult is a man.
Chinese
Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother.
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The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
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