50 Famous Aphorisms

1). Advising people to cherish their time

A black-haired person does not know how to study early, a white-headed person regrets studying late

It is easy for a young man to learn but hard to become an old man. An inch of time should not be taken lightly

An inch of time is worth an inch of gold. It is difficult to buy money to save time

If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad

(2). Warn people to be honest

1. Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise, and those who do not believe in words will not achieve results. Famous aphorisms.

--Mo Zhai, a thinker of the Warring States Period

2. Internal and external correspondence, words and deeds should be proportionate.

--Han Fei, philosopher and educator of the Warring States Period

3. Goodness does not come from outside, and the name cannot be made in vain.

--Qu Yuan, a poet of the Warring States Period

4. The true is the most sincere. Without sincerity, it cannot move people.

--Zhuang Zhou, the Warring States philosopher

5. If a person breaks his trust, his reputation will be ruined.

--Liu Xiang, a Confucian scholar of the Han Dynasty

6. Hypocrisy cannot last long, emptiness cannot last long, rotten wood cannot be carved, and love cannot last long.

--Han Ying, a poetry critic of the Han Dynasty

7. If you accept someone with faith, the world will trust you; if you don’t accept someone with faith, your wife will be suspicious of you.

--Chang Quan, a hermit of the Jin Dynasty

8. A person cannot stand in the world without loyalty.

--Cheng Yi, a philosopher of the Song Dynasty

9. More fiction is worse than less reality.

--Chen Fu, a philosopher of the Song Dynasty

10. Treating others with truth is not only beneficial to others, but also beneficial to yourself.

--Yang Jian, scholar of the Song Dynasty

11. Honesty is the lifeblood of life and the foundation of all values.

--Dreiser, British writer

12. Be loyal in words and respectful in deeds.

--The Analects of Confucius

13. Deceiving can only be temporary, but honesty is a long-term solution.

--John Ray, British scholar

14. Life cannot bloom brilliant flowers from lies.

--Heine, German poet

15. Honesty is the most touching thing.

16. If you can be true to yourself, you will be able to avoid falsehood with others, just like the night follows the day, and the shadow follows the body.

--Shakespeare, British dramatist

17. How can there be dignity without honesty?

--Cicero, ancient Roman politician

18. If a person loses honesty, he loses everything.

--Li Li, British essayist

19. Honesty is the best policy.

--Franklin

20. If people can abandon hypocrisy, they will gain great peace of mind.

--Mark Twain

(3). Encourage people to be tolerant and to be open-minded about everything

The sun rises over the East China Sea and sets over the West Mountain, a day of sorrow and joy One day; if you don’t get into trouble, you will be comfortable and your heart will be at ease

Remember what should be remembered and forget what should be forgotten. Change what can be changed and accept what cannot be changed

Regret is a spirit-consuming emotion. Regret is a greater loss than a loss and a greater mistake than a mistake. So don’t regret it

(4) Strong will and firm determination

I succeed because I am determined and never hesitate. Napoleon I's famous aphorisms

Important signs of mature personality: tolerance, tolerance, and kindness. - Famous aphorisms from "The Weakness of Human Nature"

What makes you tired is not the mountain in front of you, but the grain of sand in your shoe. -Anonymous famous sayings

Three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the ambition. - Famous aphorisms from "The Analects of Confucius. Zihan"

(5) About love

True love must drive away crazy or nearly lustful things. Plato's famous aphorisms

(6) About self-cultivation

A gentleman's self-cultivation requires correcting his heart internally and correcting his appearance externally. - (Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu's famous aphorisms

"The prime years will never come again, and it is difficult to get up again in one day. It is timely to encourage yourself, and time waits for no one." - (Jin) Tao Yuanming's famous aphorisms

Morality should be noble; conduct should be frank; behavior should be polite. - (France) Montesquieu's famous aphorisms

Quietness is used to cultivate one's character, frugality is used to cultivate virtue. Without indifference, one cannot have a clear ambition, and without tranquility, one cannot achieve far-reaching goals. - Zhuge Liang's famous aphorisms

(7) People should always reflect on themselves - know themselves

The most difficult thing is to know yourself. (Greece)

Self-knowledge is the most rare knowledge. (Spain)

To understand yourself, it is best to ask others.

(Japan)

Only among people can you know yourself. (Germany)

I can clearly count the stars in the sky, but I can’t see the soot on my face. (Malaysia)

Those who sing praises to themselves have only one audience. (Japan)

Don’t laugh at others’ hunched backs, straighten your own back. (Soviet Union)

The most spiritual person cannot see his own back. (Africa)

The more incompetent a person is, the more he likes to find fault with others. (Ireland)

Everyone knows where shoes pinch your feet. (Latin America)

Your own shoes, you know where they are tight. (Spain)

You know your own appetite. (Soviet Union)

If you don’t evaluate yourself, you won’t evaluate others. (Germany)

If you can’t command yourself, you can’t command others. (USA)

Those who are afraid of you in front of you will definitely hate you behind your back. (UK)

[Study] Selected famous sayings and aphorisms (arranged in sequence)

When hundreds of rivers reach the east and the sea reaches the sea, when will they return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable. (Han Yuefu's "Long Song Xing")

To learn a hundred things, one must first make a determination. (Zhu Xi)

The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

The pen fell in the storm, and the poem became the weeping ghosts and gods. (Du Fu)

Bie Cai Pseudo Ti Qin Feng Ya, Zhuan Yiduo is your teacher. (Du Fu)

Be broad-minded and appreciative, accumulate thickly but thinly. (Su Shi)

Learn it extensively, interrogate it, think carefully, discern it clearly, and practice it diligently. ("Book of Rites")

If you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't go to a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is. ("Xunzi")

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There are others:

If you don’t fly, that’s it. It soars into the sky; it is nothing more than a cry, it is a blockbuster. (Sima Qian)

Don’t worry about others but you don’t know yourself, and you don’t know others when you are worried. (Confucius)

If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you catch the tiger’s cubs? (Book of the Later Han Dynasty)

It will not work if there is no obstruction and no flow. (Han Yu)

I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain. (Su Shi)

Don’t be afraid of the floating clouds covering your eyes, because you are at the highest level. (Wang Anshi)

Without rules, it is impossible to build a square garden. (Mencius)

After collecting the honey from hundreds of flowers, it will be sweet to whomever you work hard for. (Luo Yin)

A person with sufficient food and clothing will know honor and disgrace. ("Guanzi")

Play a thousand tunes and then the sound will dawn; watch a thousand swords and then recognize the weapon. (Liu Xie)

If you examine yourself, you can understand others; if you examine the present, you can understand the past. ("Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals")

A slight difference is a thousand miles away. ("Book of Han")

When the wind blows and the waves break, there will be a time when the cloud sails are hung directly to help the sea. (Li Bai)

My heart is like a magnetic needle, and it will not rest until it points to the other side. (Wen Tianxiang)

Thousands of sails passed by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees grew in front of the diseased trees. (Liu Yuxi)

If you encounter a pitfall, you will gain wisdom. (ancient proverb)

A ruler is short, an inch is long. (Qu Yuan)

He died before leaving the army, which makes the hero burst into tears. (Du Fu)

The spring silkworms will not run out until they are dead, and the wax torches will turn to ashes before their tears dry up. (Li Shangyin)

The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hoofs are so bad that I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. (Meng Jiao)

The garden is full of spring scenery and cannot be shut in, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall. (Ye Shaoweng)

A moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. (Su Shi)

To do good is like ascending, and to do evil is like falling. ("Mandarin")

A real man would rather be broken into pieces than destroyed. (Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty)

To be as straight as to bend, to be as skillful as to be clumsy, to be as arrogant as to be clumsy. ("Laozi")

I don’t know how old I am when I am young, and wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me. (Du Fu)

I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles like a cicada. (Su Shi)

If you continue to cut off, you will suffer from chaos. (Han Shu)

Those who are in authority are confused, but those who watch are clear. (New Book of Tang Dynasty)

Those who have attained the Way will receive much help, while those who have lost the Way will receive little help. ("Mencius")

When you climb a mountain, your emotions will overflow from the mountains; when you look at the sea, your emotions will overflow from the sea. (Liu Xie)

The sun rises in the east and rains in the west. There is no sunshine but there is sunshine. (Liu Yuxi)

Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will appear by itself. (Three Kingdoms)

I have read tens of thousands of volumes, and I feel like I am inspired when writing. (Du Fu)

The method of reading is to proceed step by step, to read thoroughly and to think carefully. (Zhu Xi)

Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. (Liu Yi)

Anyone who commits many unjust acts will surely die. (Zuo Zhuan)

Your body and name will be destroyed, but the eternal flow of rivers will not be destroyed. (Du Fu)

Everything will be established if it is premeditated, and will be ruined if it is not premeditated.

("Book of Rites")

It is better to guard against the mouth of the people than to guard against the river. (Mandarin)

Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning. (Zhuge Liang)

The wind is rustling and the water is cold. A strong man will never return once he is gone. ("Warring States Policy")

Wealth cannot be suppressed, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. (Mencius)

Sensing the times and wanting to serve the country, I drew my sword and picked up the wormwood. (Chen Zi'ang)

The high mountains stand still and the scenery stops. (The Book of Songs)

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. (Confucius)

Those who achieved great things in ancient times not only had extraordinary talents, but also had perseverance and perseverance. (Su Shi)

Those who watch the utensils are good craftsmen, and those who watch the sick are good doctors. (Ye Shi of the Song Dynasty)

Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle. (Zengguang Xianwen of the Ming Dynasty)

The rolling water of the Yangtze River passes eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes.

("Romance of the Three Kingdoms")