Those who are cheap are the ones that everyone in the world will fight for. If I take it by myself, then I will be blamed. If I lose my advantage, all the resentment will disappear. Therefore, if you lose advantages throughout your life, you will gain advantages throughout your life. [Middle] Zhang Ying: "Collection of Du Su Tang? Cong Xun Zhai Yu"

A contented person will be able to get rid of desires without any disgrace. [Middle] Wei Zheng: "Qunshu Zhiyao"

Those who are content are happy even in poverty; those who are dissatisfied are also worried about wealth. [Middle] Lin Bu: "Records of Saving Hearts"

Be content with the vastness of the world, but be greedy for the narrowness of the universe. [Middle] Huang Tingjian: "Hundred Principles of Flirty Words"

Those who are content are in fairyland, and those who are dissatisfied are in mortal realm. [Middle] Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

Those who are greedy are rich in body but poor in heart; those who are content are poor in body but rich in heart; those who are high are physically relaxed but mentally tired; those who are low are physically tired but mentally relaxed. . [Middle] Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

Be content with one's content and be content with oneself, and be able to endure and be at peace with oneself. [Middle] Jin Ying: "Proverbs Lian Bi? Connecting Things"

It is not good for a person to be satisfied too easily, nor is it healthy to be too dissatisfied and cause many unrealistic fantasies! [Middle] Fu Lei: "Fu Lei's Family Letter"

Don't say whatever you want, think twice before doing anything, be kind to others, but don't be overly affectionate. [English] Shakespeare: "Hamlet"

A person who can please everyone cannot be truly liked. [French] Balzac: "The Human Comedy"

It is really dangerous to covet glory and wealth. [US] Mark Twain: "The Idiot Abroad"

Ingenuity and smoothness are a talent among courtiers, but a shortcoming among wise men. [Persia] Saadi: "The Garden of Roses"

A wise man does not endanger the public to do things, and a benevolent man does not violate justice to gain a reputation. [Middle] Fan Ye: "Book of the Later Han? Biography of Dou Rong"

It is better to cultivate one's character than to build a party; it is better to be upright than to accept favors. 〔中〕 "Old Book of Tang Dynasty? Biography of Zheng Tian"

Eat less pleasant things, worry less about pleasant things, speak less pleasant words, and do less pleasant things. [Middle] Shao Yong: "Jie Liang Ji? Refreshing Yin"

If you don't pay homage to people, you will save them from being tired of responding; if you don't send letters lightly, you will save them from being tired of answering; if you don't beg people to look after you, Save the trouble in the area. [Middle] Lv Kun: "Groaning Language? Responding to Matters"

The first disease in life is ridicule. [Middle] Lu Kun: "Moaning Language? Self-cultivation"

When a gentleman is involved in the world, he should not take joy and anger lightly when it comes to others. If joy and anger are light, his heart, liver and gallbladder will be seen by others; when it comes to things, he should not take it seriously. Love and hate, if love and hate are strong, the spirit and spirit will be controlled by things. [Middle] Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

Repaying kindness is not as generous as repaying kindness; being resentful is not as high as enduring shame; asking for fame is not as appropriate as running away from fame; pretentiousness is not as true as being straightforward. . [Middle] Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

Don't offend a fair and just argument, as one offence will bring shame to the whole world; don't offend the rich and powerful's private sins, as one offence will tarnish the whole life. 〔中〕Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

Blessings that are not divided, gains without reason, not the bait of creation, that is, the trap of opportunity in this world. The focus here is not high, and it is rare to fall into that technique. [Chinese] Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

Those who are eager to win will surely get their own way, and those who are unkind will also get their own way. [Middle] Ji Yun: "Notes from Yuewei Thatched Cottage"

People with administrative ambitions are the most unreliable. If you promote them to power, you may not be of much benefit; it is like a foreign rickshaw driver who worked hard to pull the passengers into the car. The restaurant is still dragging an empty cart to eat at West Wind, so don’t even think about going in with him to eat. [Chinese] Qian Zhongshu: "Fortress Besieged"

Sophistication is a layer of iron armor. It may protect us from injury, but it also limits our actions. It makes our burdens heavy, our steps falter, our momentum is lost, and we accomplish nothing. [French] Romain Rolland: "Roland's Little Whispers"

Being in the world is not so much like dancing as it is like wrestling. [Ancient Rome] Marcus Aurelius: "Self-Reflections"

The most blessed are those who never have any hope and therefore will never be disappointed. [English] Pope: "Letters"

A wise man finds almost everything ridiculous, and a sophisticated man finds almost nothing ridiculous.

[Germany] Goethe: "Collection of Goethe's Maxims and Reflections"

There are things that cannot be known, and there are things that must be known; there are things that cannot be forgotten, and there are things that must not be forgotten. [Middle] "Warring States Policy? Wei Ce"

It is not as good to become rich by accumulating money and silk as to become rich through art and literature; to be noble by holding power and position is not as noble as to be noble by observing morality. [Middle] Chao Jiong: "Fazang Broken Gold Record"