1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 88
- 871. It is good to strike the serpent's head with your enemy's hand.
 - 872. It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.
- 873. It is impossible to add much weight with a single morsel; it is hard to travel afar with a single step.
- 874. It is later than you think.
- 875. It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.
- 876. It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.
- 877. It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.
- 878. It is not the destination that is important, but the journey there.
- 879. It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.
- 880. It is often more difficult to come back home than it is to go away.
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