44 Chinese Proverbs about Them
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Proverbs about Them1. 
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
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A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.
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All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
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All things change, and we change with them.
5. 
Flowers leave a part of their fragrance in the hands that bestow them.
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Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.
7. 
Girls marry to please parents, widows to please themselves.
8. 
Gold and silver are mingled with dirt, till avarice parted them.
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Not wine . . . men intoxicate themselves; not vice . . . men entice themselves.
10. 
When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.
11. 
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
12. 
You won't help shoots grow by pulling them up higher.
13. 
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas -- a hunting dog does not feel them.
14. 
A man is happy when he has books, but happier still when he does not need them.
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Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.
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Believe your servants but do not listen to them.
17. 
Don't expect from others what you can't promise them yourself.
18. 
Drunkenness does not itself cause bad qualities but it does show them up clearly.
19. 
It is easier to visit your friends than to live with them.
20. 
Look not at thieves eating meat, but look at them suffering punishment.
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