1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 18
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Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.342.
Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the soul.343.
Beware of one with a honeyed tongue and a sword in the belly.344.
Beware of the camel going to seek horns, he lost his ears.345.
Big chickens don't peck at small seeds.346.
Big ships often sail on big debts.347.
Biggest profits mean gravest risks.348.
Blame yourself as you would blame others; excuse others as you would excuse yourself.349.
Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.350.
Blessings do not come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly.351.
Books speak to the mind, friends to the heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the ears.352.
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.353.
Burn one day's gathering of firewood on the same day.354.
Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.355.
By day think of your own faults, by night think of the faults of others.356.
By filling one's head instead of one's pocket, one cannot be robbed.357.
Careless rat chewing on a cat's tail: beware lightning!.358.
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform.359.
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.360.
Charity is not a bone you throw to a dog, but a bone you share with a dog.