1855 Proverbs about Chinese / Page 47
461. 
The delicacy of the feast is the learned guest.
462. 
The devil can quote Scripture for his own ends.
463. 
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
464. 
The emperor is rich, but he cannot buy one extra year.
465. 
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
466. 
The evening crowns the days.
467. 
The father in praising the son extols himself.
468. 
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
469. 
The first half of the night, think of your own faults; the second half, the faults of others.
470. 
The first hen that cackles is the one that laid the egg.
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