1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 90
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Wise men are never in a hurry.1782.
With a frog in the well you don't talk about the ocean.1783.
With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.1784.
With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.1785.
With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.1786.
With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.1787.
With money, a dragon -- without it, a worm.1788.
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.1789.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.1790.
With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.1791.
Within the four seas all man are brethren.1792.
Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.1793.
Without the aid of the divine, man cannot walk even an inch.1794.
Women and fools never forgive.1795.
Women are as beautiful as flowers when they are forty years old.1796.
Women never praise without gossiping.1797.
Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.1798.
Words are sounds of the heart.1799.
Words that come from the heart stay warm three winters long.1800.
Would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail.