1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 51
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Many a little make a mickle.1002.
Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts.1003.
Marking the Boat to Seek One's Sword.1004.
Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.1005.
Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.1006.
Matrimony is the grave of romance.1007.
May it always be spring with you.1008.
Measure your throat before you swallow a bone.1009.
Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.1010.
Men fated to be happy need not haste.1011.
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it.1012.
Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly.1013.
Men know not all their faults, oxen all their strength.1014.
Men see only the present; heaven sees the future.1015.
Mend the pen only after the sheep are all gone.1016.
Merit and glory never adorn a nightcap.1017.
Mischief has swift wings.1018.
Misfortune comes to all men.1019.
Misfortune conquers timid souls while great minds subdue misfortune.1020.
Misfortune is not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.