Chinese proverbs

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

Do something good and your neighbor will never know, do something bad and they will hear about it a hundred miles away.

If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.

When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.

Enough shovels of earth ..........................a mountain. Enough pails of water ...............................a river.

If your mind is strong, all difficult things will become easy; if your mind is weak, all easy things will become difficult.

If you curse your wife in the evening, you will sleep alone at night. A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.

Do not do all you can, do not spend all that you have, do not believe all that you hear, and do not tell all that you know.

Diligence is the vehicle on the paths of Mountains of Books; endurance is the vessel on the courses of the Seas of Learning.

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