1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 10
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A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.182.
A resourceful man knows to avoid a disadvantageous situation close at hand.183.
A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.184.
A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.185.
A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.186.
A single beam cannot support a great house.187.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.188.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.189.
A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade; a hundred merits cannot hide a single demerit.190.
A single tree cannot make a forest.191.
A single tree makes no forest; one string makes no music.192.
A single untried popular remedy often throws the scientific doctor into hysterics.193.
A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.194.
A small cottage wherein laughter lives is worth more than a castle full of tears.195.
A smile makes you ten years younger.196.
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.197.
A smile woth a thousand ounces of gold.198.
A speck on a jade stone won't obscure its radiance.199.
A spectator sees more than a player in the heat of a game.200.
A teacher is someone who ploughs with his tongue to fill his little bowl with rice.