If you don’t move forward, you won’t know how far you have to go; if you don’t study hard, you won’t understand the truth.

If a tree is not cultivated, it will not grow straight; if a person does not learn, he will have no knowledge.

It is better to enrich yourself with knowledge than to decorate yourself with pearls.

Bees pluck hundreds of flowers to make sweet wine, and people read books to understand the truth.

Labor is the source of knowledge; knowledge is the guide to life.

Knowledge is the torch of wisdom.

A sword will become rusty if it is not sharpened; a person will fall behind if he does not learn.

Lush seedlings need water; growing teenagers need to learn.

Stars make the sky dazzling; knowledge enables people to increase their talents.

Make candles for clarity and read for reason.

Food nourishes the body, and books enrich wisdom.

There are three most precious things in the world - knowledge, food and friendship. (Burmese proverb)

Books that are kept but not read are like waste paper. (British proverb)

It is better to accumulate knowledge than to accumulate gold and silver. (European proverb)

Modesty is the friend of learning

Mount Tai is not built for building, and knowledge is not for boasting. The sky doesn't say anything about how high it is, and the earth doesn't say anything about how high it is.

If the water is full, it will overflow; if the moon is full, it will be in deficit; if you are complacent, you will be defeated; if you are conceited, you will be foolish.

Buns have meat, not skin; people are knowledgeable and don’t talk about it.

If you are not honest, you will not achieve anything, and if you are not humble, you will not know anything. Those who are not self-righteous will be knowledgeable, and those who are not complacent will benefit.

A humble person always thinks about his shortcomings; a proud person always praises his own strengths.

To praise oneself is to belittle oneself. Complacency is the end of wisdom.

If having a beard means you are knowledgeable, then a goat can also give lectures.

Achievement is the ladder for the humble to advance and the slide for the proud to retreat.

People who brag about their knowledge are tantamount to promoting their ignorance.

Exaggerating is of no use. The shallower the knowledge, the deeper the confidence.

A person who is quiet and taciturn may not be stupid, and a person who is eloquent may not be wise.

A broad river is calm, and a knowledgeable person is humble. Scholars are not afraid of their clothes being torn, but they are afraid that their stomachs will be empty.

The mountains never get too high and the water never gets too deep. Pride is the precursor to failure.

Pride comes from shallowness, and arrogance comes from ignorance. Pride is the beginning of failure, and complacency is the end of wisdom.