1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 2
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.22.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.23.
A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.24.
A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture.25.
A buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect even himself.26.
A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.27.
A chicken is hatched even from such a well-sealed thing as an egg.28.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark.29.
A child's words have no guile.30.
A clear conscience is the greatest armor.31.
A clever doctor never treats himself.32.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all.33.
A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes.34.
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.35.
A cloth is not woven from a single thread.36.
A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.37.
A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.38.
A courtesy much entreated is half recompensed.39.
A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.40.
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.