Any garment will fit one who is naked. One must adapt to circumstances, just as water must take the shape of its container.

A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

- Chinese Proverbs

Sincere advice may offend the ear but is beneficial to one's conduct.

- Chinese Proverbs

Honest advice is unpleasant to the ears.

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Keeping company with the wicked is like living in a fish market: one becomes used to the foul odor.

- Chinese Proverbs

Courtesy is the mark of a civilized person

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Follow the good and learn their ways.

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Kindness is the best quality of the soul

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Each person equals a grain of sand, but an army is like a block of gold.

- Chinese Proverbs

We cannot clap with only one hand

- Chinese Proverbs

A cloth is not woven from a single thread

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A bridge is not built from one piece of wood.

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Refusal to cooperate with evil is equal to cooperating with good.

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Settle a small conflict quickly, And you will keep a hundred others at bay,

- Chinese Proverbs

A single tree cannot make a forest. A single beam cannot support a great house.

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A long journey tests a horse. A long-drawn-out conflict tests a friendship.

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One may be old in years, but not in spirit, or poor in wealth, but not in ambition

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If you don't want anyone to find out, Don't do it

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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.

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A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

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Be slow to promise but quick to perform.

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One who learns the value of compromise acquires wisdom.

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Anger is a luxury one cannot afford.

- Chinese Proverbs