CHINESE PROVERBIAL WISDOM.
The proverbs of a nation afford a good index of character. With a history longer than that of any other existing nation, the literature of China is rich in ancient saws and maxims, and a few of them may be seasonably cited as indicative of the mental and moral temperament of the people at whose gates united Christendom is assembling in arms : • A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself into the vessel that contains it;' 'Misfortunes issue out where disease enters in — at the mouth ; ' The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole lifetime ;' ' Disease may be cured, but not destiny.' ' A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as the hollow mountain returns all sounds ;' 'He who pursues the stag regards not hares ;' 'If the roots be left the grass will grow i-gain ' (thia is tho reason given for exterminating a traitor's family) ; ' The gem cannot be polished without friction nor the man perfected without trials ;' 'A wi&e man forgets old grudges }' ' Riches come better after poverty than poverty after riches.'
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 15 January 1901, Page 7
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182CHINESE PROVERBIAL WISDOM. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 15 January 1901, Page 7
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