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A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Learning is a weightless treasure you can always carry easily.
Tenacity and adversity are old foes.
In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The person who is his own master cannot tolerate another boss.
Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.
No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun.
The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them.
The people who talk the best are not the only ones who can tell you the most interesting things.
It is easy to open a store – the hard part is keeping it open.
Genius can be recognized by its childish simplicity.
Do not believe that you will reach your destination without leaving the shore.
Want a thing long enough and you don’t.
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
Only one who can swallow an insult is a man.
Guessing is cheap, but guessing wrong can be expensive.
If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
He who thinks too much about every step he takes will always stay on one leg.
Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
To be totally at leisure for one day is to be immortal for one day.
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