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Chinese forms the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages. Chinese languages are spoken by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

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If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.

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He who is foolish finds disaster

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Do not employ handsome servants.

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Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.

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Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

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Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

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Climb mountains to see lowlands.

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If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

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If you are planning for a year, sow rice if you are planning for a decade, plant trees if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

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A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.

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With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.

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Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it.

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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

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Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.

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To know and know that you know, not to know and know that you don't know, that is to know.

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A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

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Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

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If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

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I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.

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With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

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If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.

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Take a second look... It costs you nothing.

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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

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Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.

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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

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Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

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A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.

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A closed mind is like a closed book just a block of wood.

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Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

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Fall down seven times, get up eight. Japanese Proverb

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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

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If you bow at all, bow low.

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The palest ink is better than the best memory.

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The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.

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If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world.

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If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.

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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

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Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.

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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

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One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.

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Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.

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When you drink the water, remember the spring.

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A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.

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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

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There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.

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Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

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Use power to curb power.

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Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.

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Logic takes you from A to B, but imagination takes you everywhere.

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An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.

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Behind an able man there are always other able men.

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There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.

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A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.

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Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

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The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.

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He who hurries can not walk with dignity.

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Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

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A book holds a house of gold.

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To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.

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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.

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After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.

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Judge not the horse by his saddle.

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Dig the well before you are thirsty.

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To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep.

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Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.

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A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.

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If you stand straight Do not fear a crooked shadow.

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Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

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When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.

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If you always give You will always have.

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Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.

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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

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If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

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If you are rich, you speak the truth if you are poor, your words are but lies.

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Never write a letter while you are angry.

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In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft.

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

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He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

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I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

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If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him.

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Limitations are but boundaries in our minds

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Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.

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One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows.

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One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

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Practice no vice because it's trivial... Neglect no virtue because it's so.

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Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

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The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night.

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The sheep may become king, but the sheep will always remember the lion. Congolese Proverb

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you are loved”

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David Pritchard
very good !
LikeReply3 years ago
Iga Humphries
Practical with good principles some of them
LikeReply5 years ago
Richard R. Royer
Life should be richer if thes gemsare heeded at an early age.
LikeReply8 years ago
Billy Rubin
Don't forget the ancient Chinese proverb: "Man who throw friend under bus today, get run over by same bus tomorrow."
LikeReply 49 years ago
Sangeeta Pandey
good quotes
LikeReply 29 years ago
Sage Asare
good quote
LikeReply 19 years ago

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