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1. Do nothing by halves.

2. A fair face may hide a foul heart. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

3. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

4. Rome was not built in a day.

5. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (Mark Twain, American writer) The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain

6. Saying and doing are two different things. Saying and doing are two different things.

7. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. Kill two birds with one stone. Kill two birds with one stone. Kill two birds with one stone.

9. Having a calm smile to face with being disdained indicates kind of confidence. Having a calm smile to face with being disdained indicates kind of confidence.

10. Great men's sons seldom do well. They cannot be rich for more than three generations.

11. Every man is his own worst enemy. A person’s worst enemy is himself.

12. One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.

13. There is no fire like lust, no grip like hate; there is no net like delusion, no river like craving. Greed is the fiercest fire, hatred is the worst attachment, confusion and wrong views are the hardest net to escape, and lust is the hardest river to cross.

14. Fact is stranger than fiction. There is nothing strange in the world.

15. Life is but a span. Life is short.

16. A great ship asks for deep waters.

17. Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. Unless you can make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. satisfy.

18. We all have moments of desperation. But if we can face them head on, that's when we find out just how strong we really are. We all have moments of despair, only when we face it bravely , we know how strong we are.

19. The sensible man is not influenced by what other people think. The sensible man is not influenced by what other people think.

20. Do well and have well. Good things come to you.

21. Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.

22. A little body often harbors a great soul. Everything concentrated is fine.

23. Doubt is the key to knowledge. Doubt is the key to knowledge.

24. Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

25. Better to ask the way than go astray. It is better to ask the way than to get lost.

26. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. Try harder. ——Thomas Hardy, British poet and novelist Hardy