1852 Chinese Proverbs
- 1. "I heard" is good; "I saw" is better.
 - 2. A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.
 - 3. A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
 - 4. A bad worker quarrels with his tools.
 - 5. A bad workman blames his tools.
 - 6. A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
 - 7. A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
 - 8. A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.
 - 9. A beautiful flower is incomplete without its leaves.
 - 10. A big tree attracts the gale.

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