Famous Proverbs
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He who thinks too much about every step he takes will stay on one leg all his life.82.
If you are in a hurry, go via the roundabout.83.
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.84.
The conversation of the wise concerns ideas; that of the intelligent is about ideas; the common folk talk about food.85.
The great scholar forgets about fame, the average scholar works for it, and the unworthy scholar steals it.86.
The most highly praised woman is the one about whom no one speaks.87.
To find out about the road ahead, ask those coming back.88.
To learn about other people is science, to learn to know yourself is intelligence.89.
To make good conversation there are a thousand subjects, but there are still those who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.90.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.