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Meeting a man of fame is better than just hearing his name.

Any food when you're hungry,
When you're cold rags save life;
Any road when you're frightened,
When you're poor any wife.

Earth can stop the flow of water, generals can cope with enemy troops.

Money to an official is like blood to a fly.

Calamity and happiness have no volition. Man brings them on himself. Go in a flaxen cape to put out a fire and you'll be consumed by flames.

The importance of human life is vast as the sky!

Friends don't last forever!

Though you see a friend off a thousand li, sooner or later you must part.

Three bowls [of our wine] and you can't cross the ridge.

There's safety only in a stiff backbone.

The prettiest papayas are emptiest inside.

Inner force counts more than outward strength.

When the fence is strong no dogs get in.

Without coincidence there would be no story.

A magnificent steed gets a dolt for a rider, a charming wife sleeps with an oaf of a husband..

One look at a man's face tells you whether he's prospering or suffering.

A close neighbor means more than a distant relative.

The pliant rise in the world, the hard invite disaster.

News of good behavior never gets past the door, but a scandal is heard of a thousand li away.

Parents pick the first husband, widows choose the second.

Ecstasy begets tragedy, from misery good fortune springs.

The winds and clouds in the sky are unfathomable. A man's luck changes in an instant.

The culprit must pay for his wrong, the debtor for his debt.

For adultery catch the pair, for robbery find the loot, for murder produce the body.

Even what you see with your own eyes may not be true.

When the rabbit dies, the fox mourns. All are of the same animal kingdom.

The knot of hatred should be opened, not tightened.

If fated, men come together though a thousand li apart. If not, they miss each other though they meet face to face.

When good folk meet, evil men keep their distance.

Luck comes but once, but trouble comes in droves.