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Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too read more
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.
An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
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.
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.
