766 Proverbs about Ears / Page 5
81. Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak.
82. One minute of patience can mean ten years of peace.
83. Those who fight with silver spears are sure of their victory.
84. A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
85. A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
86. An ambassador bears no blame.
87. Better die ten years early than live ten years poor.
88. Grass fears the frost, frost fears the sun.
89. He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
90. Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
91. O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?
92. Rich men accumulate money; the poor accumulate years.
93. Steal a bell with one's ears covered.
94. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
95. The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it.
96. Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise.
97. Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
98. Virtuous for ten years is still not enough; evil for one day is too much already.
99. If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men.
100. Walls have ears.
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