SOME CHINESE PROVERBS.
" Brothers in the morning, enemies at night." "A man known well is a treasure." " A prodigal, when ho Pepents, becomes a priceless treasure." "Every man loves bis own skip and flesh." " If you honor your own parents- at home, why go afar to burn incense?" " Out of the_ broken kiln comes very ■ good tiles."
"Stoop not, in the. melonfield to draw up your boots. Stay not under the plum tree to adjust your haV "If you look before and behind food and rlothiug will never bo -wanting-." '
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Evening Star, Issue 12764, 17 March 1906, Page 10
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90SOME CHINESE PROVERBS. Evening Star, Issue 12764, 17 March 1906, Page 10
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