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

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

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With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm

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...

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

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

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

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...

Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep

Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

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...

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

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

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...

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Failing to plan is planning to fail

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago...

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago...