1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 83
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Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.1642.
Urge people to work, not to eat.1643.
Use power to curb power.1644.
Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs.1645.
Victory has hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.1646.
Virtue becomes a wife; beauty becomes a concubine.1647.
Virtue is not left to stand alone.1648.
Virtue never dwells alone, it always has neighbors.1649.
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.1650.
Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.1651.
Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.1652.
Virtuous for ten years is still not enough; evil for one day is too much already.1653.
Visiting monks give better sermons.1654.
Void of a long-term plan will bring you trouble soon.1655.
Wait long, strike fast.1656.
Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.1657.
Wake not a sleeping lion.1658.
Walk sidewise and block the way.1659.
Walls have ears.1660.
Want a thing long enough, and you don't.