Advice, Chinese Proverb

不要害怕成长地太慢，唯一可怕的是原地不动。

- 中國俗談

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

Friend, Chinese Proverb

交友慢，失友快。

- 中國俗談

You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can lose one in an hour.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

想让别人看到自己的优点，就得先承认他人的长处。

- 中國俗談

If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

- Chinese Proverb

Goodness, Chinese Proverb

真正的善良源自一个人的内心。

- 中國俗談

True goodness springs from a man's own heart.

- Chinese Proverb

War, The Art of War (孫子)

兵者，詭道也。故能而示之不能，用而示之不用，近而示之遠，遠而示之近。

- 孫子

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Common examples can also be found in English use, such as verse 18 in Chapter 1. This has been abbreviated to its most basic form and condensed into the English modern proverb:

All warfare is based on deception.

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War, The Art of War

故曰：知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆。

- 孫武, 孫子, 謀攻篇 第三

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.

- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Verses from the book occur in modern daily Chinese idioms and phrases, such as the last verse of Chapter 3.

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Plan, ZHUGE Liang

謀事在人成事在天。

- 諸葛亮, 三國演義

Man proposes, god disposes.

- ZHUGE Liang (諸葛亮, 181–234), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義)