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One may ride upon a tiger's back but it is fatal to dismount.
The one-legged never stumble.
A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.
He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.
When Ling was communicating to any person the signs by which messengers might find him, he was compelled to add, "the neighbourhood in which this contemptible person resides is that officially known as 'the mean quarter favoured by the lower class of those who murder by treachery'," and for this reason he was not always treated with the regard to which his attainments entitled him, or which he would have unquestionably received had he been able to describe himself as of "the partly-drained and uninfected area reserved to Mandarins and their friends.
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.
Even a mole may instruct a philosopher in the art of digging.
Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.
When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.
When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion may be found up the chimney". It is incredible that beneath this ever-timely reminder an obscure disciple should have added the words: "The wiser the sage, the more profound the folly.
Eat in the dark the bargain that you purchased in the dusk.
Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.
There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night
declared Mr Marrable magniloquently;
