1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 31
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Go home and make a net if you desire to get fishes.602.
God and fairies can be wrong as well.603.
Going beyond is as bad as falling short.604.
Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.605.
Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.606.
Going too far is as bad as falling short.607.
Gold and silver are mingled with dirt, till avarice parted them.608.
Gold has its price; learning is beyond price.609.
Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.610.
Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad behavior is the virtue of a woman.611.
Good deeds never leave home, bad ones echo a thousand miles.612.
Good fortune may forbode bad luck, which may in turn disguise good fortune.613.
Good manners can be paid for with compliments, but only the sound of money will pay your debts.614.
Good will be rewarded with good and evil with evil; it is only a matter of time.615.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.616.
Govern yourself and you can govern the world.617.
Grass fears the frost, frost fears the sun.618.
Great blessings come from heaven; small blessings come from man.619.
Great boast, small roast.620.
Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better.