The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

Quote by Chinese Proverb

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To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time,...

To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time,...

A smile will gain you ten more years of life

A smile will gain you ten more years of life

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another...

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another...

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently

A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has...

A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has...

Great boast, small roast.

Great boast, small roast.

Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Friendship is a good mixture of yin and yang. On the yang - you have...

Friendship is a good mixture of yin and yang. On the yang - you have...

With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

The journey is the reward.

The journey is the reward.

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

Life is a dream walking, death is going home.

Life is a dream walking, death is going home.

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a...

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a...

History repeats itself. Liars will be liars, cheaters will be cheaters, and the person who...

History repeats itself. Liars will be liars, cheaters will be cheaters, and the person who...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

You cant just 'steal' anyone from anybody...They were probably already prepared to leave, you're just...

You cant just 'steal' anyone from anybody...They were probably already prepared to leave, you're just...