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Chinese Aphorisms

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 20, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 1.

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Chinese Aphorisms.

The error of a moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Between two parties, do not speak swords here, and flatteries there.
Carelessness gives temptation to dishonesty.
The man who combats himself, will be happier than he who contends with others.
A man need only correct himself with the same rigor that he reprehends others; and excuse others with the same indulgence that he shows to himself.
Envy not those who have, nor despise those who have not.
Do not despise the good things of Providence.
Domestic failings should not be published.
Let every man sweep the snow from before his own doors, and not busy himself about the frost on his neighbor's tiles.
The more talents are exercised, the more they will be developed.
The torment of envy is like a grain of sand in the eye.
Complain not of heaven, and blame not men.
Do not deceive and oppress the orphan and widow.
Be not proud of wealth, nor complain of poverty.
He who does not soar high, will suffer less by a fall.
Do not wrongfully accuse any one.
Though the life of a man falls short of a hundred years, he gives himself as much pain and anxiety as if he were to live a thousand.—Sel.