1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 21
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Diligence is the vehicle on the paths of Mountains of Books; endurance is the vessel on the courses of the Seas of Learning.402.
Disasters never come alone.403.
Discover a well before you are thirsty.404.
Dismantle the bridge after crossing it.405.
Display one's proficiency of axe in front of the master carpenter.406.
Distance tests a horse's strength; time reveals a marls character.407.
Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand.408.
Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst.409.
Do everything at its right time, and one day will seem like three.410.
Do everything at the right time and one day will seem like three.411.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.412.
Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.413.
Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.414.
Do not allow the sheep to die for a halfpenny of tar.415.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.416.
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.417.
Do not believe that you will reach your destination without leaving the shore.418.
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.419.
Do not create in anger what you lack in reason.420.
Do not do all you can, do not spend all that you have, do not believe all that you hear, and do not tell all that you know.