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Reading enriches a man; conversation makes a man shrewd.
读(dú)书(shū)使(shǐ)人(rén)充(chōng)实(shí)，交(jiāo)谈(tán)使(shǐ)人(rén)精(jīng)明(míng)。
A similar English proverb is: “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” - Sir Francis Bacon. English author, courtier and philosopher (1561 - 1626).
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Chinese Proverbs Index
- It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books
- Content is better than riches
- A hedge between keeps friendship green
- A candle lights others and consumes itself
- Things is good when new, but friends when old
- Adversity makes a man wise, not nesaserily rich
- Beauty lies in the love's eyes
- A year's plan starts with spring
- An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
- Constant dripping wears away a stone
- By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
- A light heart lives long
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