1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 29
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Flowing water never gets dirty.562.
Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.563.
Follow the good and learn their ways.564.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.565.
For each man produced by heaven, earth provides a grave.566.
For people who love even water is sweet.567.
For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten.568.
Force may lead to agreement, but truth will lead to conviction.569.
Force tells weak from strong for a moment; truth tells right from wrong all the time.570.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.571.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.572.
Forget the favors you have given; remember those received.573.
Forget the fishing gear as soon as the fish is caught.574.
Fortune and flowers do not last forever.575.
Fortune has a fickle heart and a short memory.576.
Four horses cannot overtake the tongue.577.
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.578.
Foxes grieve over the death of rabbits.579.
Fragments of fox fur, sewn together, will make a robe.580.
Friend, do not try to borrow combs from shaven monks.