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Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
