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

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Honesty Quotes

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake,...

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake,...

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to...

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to...

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases.

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days...

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days...

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can...

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can...

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.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

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.

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

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

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

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

To encourage talent is to create it

To encourage talent is to create it

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread...

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread...

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

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

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

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

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

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to...

Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to...