1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 22
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Do not dress in clothes made of leaves when going to put out a fire.422.
Do not employ handsome servants.423.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.424.
Do not forget little kindnesses and do not remember small faults.425.
Do not gaze at the sky from the bottom of a well.426.
Do not have each foot on a different boat.427.
Do not hope to reach a destination without leaving the shore.428.
Do not insult the crocodile until you've crossed the river.429.
Do not judge a person until the lid of his coffin is closed.430.
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.431.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.432.
Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor.433.
Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.434.
Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.435.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.436.
Do something good and your neighbor will never know, do something bad and they will hear about it a hundred miles away.437.
Dogs are dogs, but cats are people.438.
Dogs do not dislike poor families.439.
Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.440.
Don't ask in this life for the three most difficult things: good sons, long life and a long beard.