Classic quotations and inspirational classical Chinese essays

1) It is easy to see something on paper, but you know that you have to do it.

2) If the mountains are not high, there will be immortals and they will be famous; if the water is not deep, if there are dragons, they will be spiritual.

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

4) Mount Tai does not allow soil, so it can become as big as it is; rivers and seas do not accept small streams, so it can become deep.

5) We are both fallen people at the end of the world, so why should we have known each other before.

6) Hibiscus comes out of clear water, and the carvings are naturally removed.

7) Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, while leisure can lead to death.

8) People are not sages, how can they have no faults? But if you can correct your faults, there is no great good.