A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books.

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To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

Love is blind, and greed insatiable

Love is blind, and greed insatiable

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times...

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times...

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

Everyone pushes a falling fence

Everyone pushes a falling fence

The saving man becomes the free man.

The saving man becomes the free man.

When you drink from the stream remember the spring.

When you drink from the stream remember the spring.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When...

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When...

He who carves the Buddha never worships him

He who carves the Buddha never worships him

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!