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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.
An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.
An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.
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.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
