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1. A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
   Chinese Proverb
2. It’s better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely.
   Chinese Proverb



3. A little impatience will spoil great plans.
   Chinese Proverb
4. If you bow at all, bow low.
   Chinese Proverb



5. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
   Chinese Proverb
6. A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
   Chinese Proverb
7. A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
   Chinese Proverb



8. A book holds a house of gold.
   Chinese Proverb
9. Talk does not cook rice.
   Chinese Proverb
10. A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
    Chinese Proverb
11. Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.
    Chinese Proverb
12. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
    Chinese Proverb
13. Behave toward everyone as if receiving a guest.
    Chinese Proverb
14. A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
    Chinese Proverb



15. Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
    Chinese Proverb
16. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
    Chinese Proverb
17. An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
    Chinese Proverb
18. A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
    Chinese Proverb



19. Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
    Chinese Proverb
20. A needle is not sharp at both ends.
    Chinese Proverb
21. Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
    Chinese Proverb
22. Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
    Chinese Proverb
23. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
    Chinese Proverb
24. In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.
    Chinese Proverb



25. Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.
    Chinese Proverb
26. Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.
    Chinese Proverb
27. Listening well is as powerful as talking well, and is also as essential to true conversation.
    Chinese Proverb
28. Two good talkers are not worth one good listener.
    Chinese Proverb
29. A hundred no’s are less agonizing than one insincere yes.
    Chinese Proverb
30. He who cheats the earth will be cheated by the earth.
    Chinese Proverb



31. Only one who can swallow an insult is a man.
    Chinese Proverb
32. One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own.
    Chinese Proverb
33. Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
    Chinese Proverb
34. Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
    Chinese Proverb
35. The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them.
    Chinese Proverb
36. He who thinks too much about every step he takes will always stay on one leg.
    Chinese Proverb



37. All things change, and we change with them.
    Chinese Proverb
38. If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back.
    Chinese Proverb
39. Genius can be recognized by its childish simplicity.
    Chinese Proverb
40. There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.
    Chinese Proverb

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