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Reading Pavilion at Chinese Garden of Friendship - Darling Harbour
- A single spark can set a prairie on fire.
- Water can both sustain and sink a ship.
- Count not what is lost, but what is left.
- If there is a strong general there will be no weak soldiers.
- To extend your life by a year take one less bite each meal.
- Peace only comes when reason rules.
- Even the tallest tower started form the ground.
- Eloquence provides only persuasion, but truth buys loyalty.
- Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue.
- A single tree cannot make a forest
- If one eats less one will taste more.
- One hand alone cannot clap, it takes two to quarrel.
- It does not matter if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
- Cowards have dreams, brave men have visions
- Learning is like the horizon; there is no limit.
- The old horse will know the way
- A good friend shields you from the storm
- Change the skin, wash the heart
- Sow melon, reap melon; sow beans, reap beans.
- One sings, all follow.
- Fortune has a fickle heart and a short memory.
- Harsh words and poor reasoning never settle anything.
- Dangerous enemies will meet again in narrow streets.
- Better to bend in the wind than to break.
- Do not kill the hen for her eggs.
- First attain skill; creativity comes later.
- Make the cap fit the head.
- A single beam cannot support a great house.
- Do not be concerned with things outside your door.
- Wise men may not be learned; learned men may not be wise.
- Crows are black the world over.
- Do not lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot
- Kill the chicken to frigthen the monkey
- Wait long, strike fast.
- Do not wait until you're thirsty to dig a well
- One who would pick the roses must bear with thorns
- Failure is the mother of success.
- Do not climb a tree to look for a fish
- Only time and effort brings proficiency
- Distance tests the endurance of a horse; time reveals a man's character.
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