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"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with 
one, and a lily with the other" --

"One can care little for man, but we need a friend" 

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." --愚
公移山

"Life is a dream walking death is a going home." --人生如梦,视死如归

"Rotten wood cannot be carved" --朽木不可雕

"Fight poison with poison" --以毒攻毒

"One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasure as in avoiding 
calamities" 

"A shopkeeper should always have a ready smile"

"Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom." --小心行得万年船

"When a finger points to the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger" 

"Gold is tested by fire, people by God" 

"Behind every able man, there are always other able men."--每个成功的男人
背后都有个女人

"Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers"--

"It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load." --

"Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases"-
-欲壑难填

"From the lowly perspective of a dog's eyes, everyone looks short" --狗眼
看人低

"Forethought is easy, repentance hard" --江山易改,本性难移

"A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns 
all sounds"--虚怀若谷

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." 
--老婆是别人的好,儿子是自己的好

"If you are in a hurry you will never get there" --心激吃不到热包子

"If I am dreaming let me never awake, If I am awake let me never sleep." 
--醉生梦死

"Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet."--搬起石头砸自己的脚

"Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly" --当局者迷
,旁观者清

"One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him."--

"You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain" --高瞻远瞩

"With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm" --有钱能使鬼推磨

"Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great" --

"Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet." t being 
understanding" 

"Lock your door and keep your neighbor honest" -- 

"If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow."--身正不怕影斜

"If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are 
worthless, don't give advice." --人微言轻

"An overcrowded chicken farm produce fewer eggs."--

"One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among 
them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty." --一个和尚挑水喝
,两个和尚抬水喝,三个和尚没水喝

"Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood" 

"Like ants eating a bone."--如蚁肆骨

"Four horses cannot overtake the tongue"--一言既出,司马难追

"Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger, but a heart as soft as tofu" --刀子嘴
,豆腐心

"A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet 
to learn the first principles of civilization"

"He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

"Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart" --口蜜腹剑

"The miracle is not to fly in the air or to walk on the water but to walk 
on the earth." --

"Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men." --

"Have one's ears pierced only before the wedding ceremony starts."--

"Talk does not cook rice." --巧妇难为无米之炊

"A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it" 

"You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back 
to you someday." --塞翁失马,胭脂祸福

"A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off."--

"A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's 
study of books" --听君一席话胜读十年书

"A man grows most tired while standing still." 

"Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow 
no one absolutely" --雁过扒毛,

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, 
plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people"--十年树
木,百年树人

"Those who have free seats at a play hiss first"--

"Outside noisy, inside empty"--半壶水响叮当

"So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right"

"Do not employ handsome servants" 

"Two good talkers, not one good listener"

"When the itch is inside the boot, scratching outside provides little consolation"
--隔靴搔痒

"The arrogant army will lose the battle for sure"--骄兵必败

"It is the beautiful bird which gets caged"--红颜命薄

"Looking for the ass on its very back." 

"He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog" --画虎类狗

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing 
it" --

"A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky." 

"Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light 
of day" 

"If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune"

"Dream different dreams while on the same bed"--同床异梦

"To go beyond is as bad as to fall short" --过尤不及

"To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art" --

"Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes" 

"The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war."

"To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain 
after a long drought" --他乡遇故知,久旱逢甘雨

"If you wish to plough the field in a straight line, do not take your bearings 
from a nearby tree but from a distant star."

"The path of duty lies in the thing that is nearby, but men seek it in things 
far off" 

"Three feet of ice does not result from one day of cold weather." --冰冻
三尺,非一日之寒

"Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it 
anyways." 如让人不知,除非己莫为

"Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it"

"Even the most resourceful housewife cannot create miracles from a rice 
less pantry" --巧妇难为无米之炊

"The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory" --好记性不如烂笔头

"Rise and fall of a nation rests with every one of its citizens." --水能
再舟,也能覆舟

"Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills"

"The loftiest towers rise from the ground"--万丈高楼平地起

"May you be blessed with peace and safety in all four seasons." 

"To prophesy is extremely difficult - especially with regard to the future." 

"The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them"

"A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den" --狡兔三窟

"He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for 
himself" 

"Steal a bell with one's ears covered" --掩耳盗铃

"Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock 
is there" 

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself" --师傅领进门,修
行在个人

"A man need never revenge himself, the body of his enemy will be brought 
to his own door" 

"Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity 
is often as the rain of spring"

"The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities" 

"When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come; once you become rich, 
you'll be surprised by visits from (alleged) relatives afar" --

"It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result 
is twins" 

"Shed no tears until seeing the coffin." --不见棺材不流泪

"Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be 
seen is real vice" 

"If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation." 

"If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come"