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nusrat-diu:
Confucius Says... 
Smooth words and fawning looks are seldom found with love.
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To guide a land of a thousand chariots, honor business and be true; spend little and love men; time thy calls on the people.
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The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, careful and true, overflowing in kindness for all, but in brotherhood with love. And if they have strength to spare they should spend it on the arts.

shibli:
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
   
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
   
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
   
Do not employ handsome servants.
   
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.

Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

nusrat-diu:
Some funny Chinese proverbs:

Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who fishes in other man's well often catches crabs.
Boy who go to sleep with hard problem wake up with solution in hand.
Man who stutters has a lot to say.
War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left.

Antara11:
Good ones. Happy to know about new things.

Antara
Lecturer
English Dept

Anisur Rahman:
Some Chinese Proverbs:

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth.
Crows everywhere are equally black.

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