Famous Proverbs
1855 Proverbs about Chinese / Page 53
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To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain after a long drought.522.
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.523.
To persecute the unfortunate is like throwing stones on one fallen into a well.524.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.525.
To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject.526.
Transgressions should never be forgiven a third time.527.
Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise.528.
Two good talkers are not worth one good listener.529.
Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.530.
Use power to curb power.