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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too read more
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
