1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 54
1061.
No wise man takes responsibility for an eighteen-year-old daughter.1062.
Nobility is what is earned by those who have no other earnings.1063.
Nobody's family can hang out the sign, "Nothing the matter here.1064.
Nobody's family can hang up the sign, 'nothing the matter here.'1065.
Not only those who can talk the best tell you the most interesting things.1066.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.1067.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.1068.
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.1069.
Not wine . . . men intoxicate themselves; not vice . . . men entice themselves.1070.
Notoriety travels farther away.1071.
O eggs, never fight with stones.1072.
O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?1073.
Occupy the higher ground to exercise control.1074.
Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.1075.
Of a good beginning cometh a good end.1076.
Of a small spark, a great fire.1077.
Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best.1078.
Of all the female qualities a warm heart is the most valuable.1079.
Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best.1080.
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is the best.