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Never write a letter while you are angry.
Never write a letter while you are angry.
Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.
Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.
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.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
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.
A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
