Gains and losses can occur once, but honors and disgrace will last for thousands of years. ——Anonymous

A wise man will lose something if he worries a lot; a fool will gain something if he knows his worries. ——Sima Qian

A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. ——Anonymous

It is better to do a few things and do well than to do many things and do poorly. ——Socrates

As long as you don’t care about gains and losses, is there anything in life that you can’t find a way to overcome? ——Hemingway

Wherever there is cleverness, there must also be a failure of wit. ——Liu Xiang

If you don’t see the willow tree in front of your door, your glory will be temporarily withered. ——Helan Jinming

Some people’s vanity is more important than what is necessary to preserve their lives. For such people, how bad the role of vanity is! These people strive to make others unhappy in order to arouse their admiration. They try to get ahead, but end up being worse than others. ——Montesquieu

When you see something desirable, you don’t care about what is hateful; when you see something beneficial, you don’t care about what is harmful. Therefore, if you move, you will be trapped, and if you act, you will be humiliated. This is the danger of partial injury. ——Xunzi

The villain is worried about not getting it; having already got it, he is panicking about losing it. Therefore, there is a lifetime of worry but no day's happiness. ——Xunzi

The person who loves to scold others is often the one who scolds the most; the way of heaven is cyclical, and those who laugh at me today will be laughed at tomorrow. ——Seniga

Many people lose their own things because they are envious of others. ——Aesop

Succeeding in the Great Easy, and getting more than you expected, is a joy for those who are ignorant, but only for those who know deeply. ——Liang Qichao

There is nothing more banal and banal than hoping to get ahead. ——Holmes

The heart is clear about right and wrong, and the traces are about honor and disgrace. ——Xu Qing

When happiness passes, there will be sorrow. ——Bai Juyi

Early prosperity also dries up early, easy to gain and easy to lose. ——Zhang Tingyu

Honour should be the result, not the motivation for the behavior. ——Pliny

Avoid shame, but do not pursue glory. The price of nothing is greater than the price of glory.

——Sidney Smith

Keeping a reputation is harder than gaining it. ——Schnabel

A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. ———[Huainanzi]

1. Where there are gains, there must be losses.

2. Misfortunes are where blessings depend, and blessings are where misfortunes lie.