Perseverance is the key to doing things, so why bother yourself by going to bed late and getting up early? When you are exposed to the cold, lack of persistence is the most useless thing. Don't do this.

What this sentence mainly says is that people must have perseverance and not spend three days fishing and two days drying the net.

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Famous quotes with similar meanings to this sentence:

1. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.— -Xun Kuang's "Xunzi"

Explanation: If you don't persist to the end, even rotten wood cannot be broken; as long as you insist on carving with a knife, even metal and jade can be carved into floral decorations.

2. As long as the effort is deep, the steel beam will grind the embroidery needle.

3. Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.