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powerful enemy ; " Covetous about one coin, and neglect- 
ful of a hundred ; " Sufficient dust will make a mountain ; 
" Prophets know nothing about themselves ; " The magnet 
can attract iron, but not stone;'' "Adapt yourself to the 
place you are in ; " " Too much courtesy is not sincerity ; 
" He who holds a tiger brings trouble on himself "A true 
heart is better than a beautiful face ; " " Many captains, and 
the ship goes on to the rocks ; " " Listening to a child's 
prattle till you fall over a precipice ; " " Pinch yourself to 
know how others feel;" '*Fall seven times, stand the 
eighth;" "A fire-brand is easily kindled again;" *^ The frog 
in the well knows nothing of the high seas ; " " Too much 
done is really nothing done;" "No rising in the world 
without stooping ; " " He who touches vermilion becomes 
red ; " " He who breaks through a thicket disturbs the 
snakes ;" " Poke a cane-brake, and a serpent will slip out ; " 
" Like a wolf in priest's clothing ; " " Egg plants do not grow 
from melon seeds ; " " Poverty cannot outrun industry ; " 
" No escape from the nets of heaven ; " " People that are 
hated strut about the world;" "After three years an evil 
becomes a necessity ; " " Dumplings are better than 
flowers;" "Great words mean little deeds ; " "A friend. at 
hand is better than relatives at a distance ; " "A devil in 
the heart (an evil conscience) torments the body ;" "Cheaply 
bought, money lost ; " " More words, less sense ; " " Clever 
preacher, short sermon ; " " Who steals money is killed, who 
steals a country is a king ; " " If you curse any one, look out 
for two graves;" "Regard an old man as thy father;" 
"A tongue of three inches can kill a man of six feet;" 
" Inquire seven times before you believe a report ; " " Hell's 
torments are measured by money ; " " There are thorns on 
all roses ; " " The seal of the gods is on the brow of a 
righteous man." 
