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A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill. - [Women] Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. - [Knowledge] Master; I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Why, as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the little ones. - [Fish] Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet. - [Poverty] She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil. - [Fame] Time is the wisest counsellor. - [Time] Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again. - [Trees] Wait for the wisest of all councilors, time. - [Time] We do not imitate, but are a model to others. - [Imitation] Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. - [Deceit]
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