A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment |
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet. |
An expression of no-encouragement. |
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit. |
It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea shops |
It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea shops |
The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place |
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 |
Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps. |