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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Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished

Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

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.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

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

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

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...

The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.

The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.

Use power to curb power

Use power to curb power

If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

A book holds a house of gold

A book holds a house of gold

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

It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion

It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.