You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

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One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

A book holds a house of gold

A book holds a house of gold

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

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

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.

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

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not...

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always

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

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

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

Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you....

Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you....

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood

Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much...

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much...

If a man needs his appendix taken out, his gallbladder treated and some brain surgery...

If a man needs his appendix taken out, his gallbladder treated and some brain surgery...