Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 285
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The doctrine that enters only into the ear is like the repast one takes in a dream.Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 285
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The best thing is to be respected, the next, is to be loved; it is bad to be hated, but still worse to be despised.Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 123
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A foolish husband fears his wife; a prudent wife obeys her husband.Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 161
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A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as the hollow mountain returns all sounds.Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 229
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By nature all men are alike, but by education very different.Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 234
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