The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
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The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
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A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged
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The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.
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Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips
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The teachings of elegant sayings should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, any price will be paid.
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Your mother is a woman of many sayings, is she?
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You think it'd be easy to keep coming up with those sayings. But try it. After about 20, that's all you got. The fact that he keeps doing it amazes me. He's got a gold mine.
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Golden Sayings, Everything is sentient!
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Our desire to say more grows bigger and what to say about it, except that saying is not always about saying, growing is not always about growing.
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Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have.
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The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society.
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Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more colorful commentary on the human condition.
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Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
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When the long bygone Lee Po wanted to say something, he could do it with only a few words.
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Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them.
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You can tell the character of a person by their handshake.
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Every quote is like a Picasso. The meaning is different for each person and half the admirers miss the true intent and twisted humor of it all.
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May it be written. May it be done.
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The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?
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