1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 22
- 211. A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.
 - 212. A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds.
- 213. A watched flower never blooms, while a carelessly planted willow grows into shade.
- 214. A weir close to completion left undone due to the shortage of a basket of earth.
- 215. A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man.
- 216. A whitewashed crow soon shows black again.
- 217. A wicked book cannot repent.
- 218. A wicked companion invites us all to hell.
- 219. A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
- 220. A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.
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