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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
"When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
"Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious."
"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."
"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view."
"We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes."
"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."
"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
"For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction."
"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."
"The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West."
"The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things."
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."
"Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse."
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."
"A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies."
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
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