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Engrave this Quote The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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-Chinese Proverb
Engrave this Quote I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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Engrave this Quote Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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Engrave this Quote To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.
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Adversity
Engrave this Quote A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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Advice
Engrave this Quote If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
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Age
Engrave this Quote The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
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Anger
Engrave this Quote If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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Birds
Engrave this Quote You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
Also seen as: You cannot prevent the birds of worry and care from flying over your head. But you can stop them from building a nest in your head.
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Engrave this Quote People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.
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Blame
Engrave this Quote Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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Business
Engrave this Quote Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
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Certainty
Engrave this Quote To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
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Character
Engrave this Quote If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
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Engrave this Quote Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
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Charity
Engrave this Quote Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
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Children
Engrave this Quote Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
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Conscience
Engrave this Quote He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
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Criticism
Engrave this Quote Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
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Engrave this Quote Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
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Danger
Engrave this Quote Biggest profits mean gravest risks.
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Death
Engrave this Quote Life is a dream walking death is a going home.
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Decisions
Engrave this Quote A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
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Discontent
Engrave this Quote Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
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Doctors
Engrave this Quote The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness;
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Doubt
Engrave this Quote Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom.
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Dreams
Engrave this Quote I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one.
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Enemy, Enemies
Engrave this Quote The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
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Experience
Engrave this Quote Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.
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Failure
Engrave this Quote Everyone pushes a falling fence.
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Engrave this Quote The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
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Fame
Engrave this Quote Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.
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Family
Engrave this Quote All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
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Engrave this Quote Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
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Engrave this Quote In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.
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Engrave this Quote Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.
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Fate & Destiny
Engrave this Quote If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
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Engrave this Quote If fortune smiles, who doesn't? If fortune doesn't, who does?
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Fools, Foolishness
Engrave this Quote If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
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Fortune
Engrave this Quote A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
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Freedom
Engrave this Quote The saving man becomes the free man.
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Friends
Engrave this Quote With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Engrave this Quote A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
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Future, The
Engrave this Quote When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh.
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Goodness
Engrave this Quote There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.
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Gossip
Engrave this Quote Your friend has a friend; don't tell him.
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Gratitude
Engrave this Quote We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought.
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Growth
Engrave this Quote Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
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Engrave this Quote Climb mountains to see lowlands.
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Habits
Engrave this Quote Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
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Happiness
Engrave this Quote If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.
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Engrave this Quote Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
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Heart
Engrave this Quote If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
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Home
Engrave this Quote A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
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Humor
Engrave this Quote One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.
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Identity
Engrave this Quote The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
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Insanity
Engrave this Quote Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.
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Joy, Excitement
Engrave this Quote One joy scatters a hundred grieves.
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Knowledge
Engrave this Quote When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding.
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Learning
Engrave this Quote Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
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Engrave this Quote Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
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Memory
Engrave this Quote The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.
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Mistakes
Engrave this Quote Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
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Money
Engrave this Quote If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
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Parenting
Engrave this Quote To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
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Persuasion
Engrave this Quote The tongue can paint what the eye can't see.
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Pessimism
Engrave this Quote One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.
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Planning
Engrave this Quote One step at a time is good walking.
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Engrave this Quote When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
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Play/Games
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
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Pleasure
Engrave this Quote Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
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Progress
Engrave this Quote Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
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Promises
Engrave this Quote In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.
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Proverbial Wisdom
Engrave this Quote Geng Lei was a famous archer of the state of Wei. One day while he was on an excursion outside the city with the King of Wei, he saw a bird circling in the sky. The King asked him to down the goose with an arrow. He answered: I don't have to use an arrow. I can just make the bird fall down from the sky with my arch. Do you have that marvellous skill? asked the King. Presently they saw the wild goose flying from the east. Geng Ying twanged the string of his bow and indeed the wild goose at once dropped to the ground in front of them. You're really a wonderful archer, said the King with approval. Geng Lei said, This is a wounded wild goose. From its desolate cry and tired flight you can see its wound has not yet healed. When it heard the twang of my bow-string, it thought it was again hit by an arrow and fell from the sky.
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-Chinese Proverb, Best Chinese Idioms, p.292
Questions
Engrave this Quote He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
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Engrave this Quote Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
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Religion
Engrave this Quote A maker of idols is never an idolater.
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Respect
Engrave this Quote Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
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Ritual, Ceremony
Engrave this Quote Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.
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Running
Engrave this Quote Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.
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Secrets
Engrave this Quote What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
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Simplicity
Engrave this Quote Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
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Speeches (oratory)
Engrave this Quote To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.
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Success & Failure
Engrave this Quote If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
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Engrave this Quote The journey is the reward.
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Teaching
Engrave this Quote Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
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Engrave this Quote Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
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Thought
Engrave this Quote Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
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Time
Engrave this Quote An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
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Engrave this Quote With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
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Variety
Engrave this Quote Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.
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Victory
Engrave this Quote The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
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Virtue
Engrave this Quote With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
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Will, Willpower
Engrave this Quote Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
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Wisdom
Engrave this Quote A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
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Engrave this Quote Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
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Engrave this Quote Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
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Words
Engrave this Quote If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
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Work
Engrave this Quote A man grows most tired while standing still.
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Engrave this Quote Do not employ handsome servants.
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Engrave this Quote If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.
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Worry
Engrave this Quote When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.
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