1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 64
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Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.1262.
Small is beautiful.1263.
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great.1264.
Smash the pots and sink the boats.1265.
So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right.1266.
So long as the green mountains are preserved, there will be no shortage of firewood supply.1267.
So lovers, to their fair one fondly blind, E'en on her ugliness with transport gaze.1268.
Solitude is enjoyed only when one is at peace with oneself.1269.
Solve one problem, and you keep a hundred others away.1270.
Some people want to be praised for the rest of their lives for what they have done well for one day.1271.
Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage.1272.
Some prefer carrots while others like cabbage.1273.
Some roads aren't meant to be travelled alone.1274.
Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweat depends entirely on how each man perceives them.1275.
Sometimes you lose a forest through the trees.1276.
Sooner or later the day comes when the tumor can be lanced.1277.
Sorrow is the child of too much joy.1278.
Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.1279.
Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.1280.
Spouses that love each other say a thousand things without speaking.