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> [A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/a-closed-mind-is-like-a-closed-book-just-a-block-of-wood/)

Chinese Proverbs

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## More by Chinese Proverbs

> [When you drink from the stream remember the spring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/when-you-drink-from-the-stream-remember-the-spring/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/only-the-man-who-crosses-the-river-at-night-knows-the-value-of-the/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/if-you-must-play-decide-on-three-things-at-the-start-the-rules-of-the/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/beauty-is-the-wisdom-of-women-wisdom-is-the-beauty-of-men/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/one-never-needs-their-humor-as-much-a-when-they-argue-with-a-fool/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/a-bird-can-roost-but-on-one-branch-a-mouse-can-drink-not-more-than/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/for-the-sake-of-one-good-action-a-hundred-evil-ones-should-be/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/with-time-and-patience-the-mulberry-leaf-becomes-a-silk-gown/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/only-he-that-has-traveled-the-road-knows-where-the-holes-are-deep/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [Opportunities always look bigger going than coming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/opportunities-always-look-bigger-going-than-coming/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/the-more-you-sweat-in-peacetime-the-less-you-bleed-during-war/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/a-bride-received-into-the-home-is-like-a-horse-that-you-have-just/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [Love is blind, and greed insatiable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/love-is-blind-and-greed-insatiable/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/in-the-midst-of-great-joy-do-not-promise-to-give-a-man-anything-in/)

Chinese Proverbs

> [If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverbs/if-you-are-planning-for-a-year-sow-rice-if-you-are-planning-for-a/)

Chinese Proverbs

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