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Chinese Proverb

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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.: Chinese Proverb
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A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.: Chinese Proverb
A book holds a house of gold.: Chinese Proverb
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.: Chinese Proverb
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.: Chinese Proverb
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.: Chinese Proverb
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.: Chinese Proverb
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.: Chinese Proverb
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.: Chinese Proverb
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.: Chinese Proverb
A nation's treasure is in its scholars.: Chinese Proverb
A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.: Chinese Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.: Chinese Proverb
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Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.: Chinese Proverb
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.: Chinese Proverb
Dig the well before you are thirsty.: Chinese Proverb
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.: Chinese Proverb
Do not employ handsome servants.: Chinese Proverb
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Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.: Chinese Proverb
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.: Chinese Proverb
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Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.: Chinese Proverb
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.: Chinese Proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.: Chinese Proverb
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.: Chinese Proverb
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He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.: Chinese Proverb
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.: Chinese Proverb
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If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.: Chinese Proverb
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.: Chinese Proverb
If you bow at all, bow low.: Chinese Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.: Chinese Proverb

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