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A small spark can start a fire that burns the whole prairie:

When a person has ambition, things will get accomplished:

I hear I forget - I see I remember - I do I understand:

Water can float your boat; But it can also overturn it:

One's true nature is revealed in times of emotion/crisis:

A long road reveals the strength of your horse; A long time reveals the heart of your friends:

The winner of war becomes king; The loser is put into history books as the bad guy:

You cannot judge a person by their appearance:

Temporary separation makes a couple better than newlyweds:

For one general to achieve his fame, thousands of people will/have died:

You want your horse to be good, but also want him to not need to eat grass:

The participants perspectives are distorted (the bystanders views are correct):

Each flower (beauty) is seen differently by each person (beauty is in the eye of the beholder):

Age and time wait not for people:

When you always rush, you never get to your desired destination/goal:

If you don't go into the tiger's cave, how will you get the cub?

Make yourself an example (lead by example):

Other people's wives (always seem to) look prettier than yours:

If you go up the mountain too often, sooner or later you'll meet the tiger:

The person who comes to gossip (judge others) is himself a person to be judged:

You cannot push a cow's head down to drink water (one must drink of his own will):

Over-confident soldiers will certainly be defeated:

Sickness enters through the mouth; Troubles come out of it: