1855 Proverbs about Chinese / Page 57
561. 
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
562. 
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
563. 
When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.
564. 
Whenever the water rises, the boat will rise too.
565. 
Where a chest lieth open, a righteous man may sin.
566. 
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
567. 
Who rides a tiger cannot dismount.
568. 
Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime.
569. 
With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.
570. 
Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.
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