A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Chinese Proverb
Chinese Proverb
Related:
- A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood Chinese... - A woman without a man is like a garden without a fence.
German... - Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.
Chinese... - There's no thief like a bad book.
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Italian... - Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts,
while adversity is often as the rain of spring. Chinese... - The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night.
Chinese... - A full cup must be carried steadily.
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English... - A full cup must be carried steadily.
English... - The best soldiers are not warlike.
Chinese...
From the same category:
- He who takes a partner takes a master.
French... - Who gossips to you will gossip of you.
Turkish... - Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be
spewed out.
Jewish... - He who feeds the hen ought to have the egg.
Danish... - With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Chinese...
