学而时习之，不亦说乎? (xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū?)
"Is it not a pleasure to learn and practice what you have learned at the right time?" - Confucius
己所不欲，勿施于人。(jǐ suǒ bù yù, wù shī yú rén)
"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire." - Confucius
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)
"An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time." - Chinese Proverb
人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青。(rén shēng zì gǔ shéi wú sǐ, liú qǔ dān xīn zhào hàn qīng)
"Since ancient times, who hasn't died? Leave behind a loyal heart to illuminate the annals of history." - Wen Tianxiang
君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。(jūn zǐ chéng rén zhī měi, bù chéng rén zhī è. xiǎo rén fǎn shì)
"The noble person makes the beauty of others, not their ugliness; the opposite is true for the ignoble person." - Confucius
知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。(zhī zhī zhě bù rú hào zhī zhě, hào zhī zhě bù rú lè zhī zhě)
"Those who know are not as good as those who like, and those who like are not as good as those who enjoy." - Confucius
有志者事竟成，破釜沉舟，百二秦关终属楚。(yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng, pò fǔ chén zhōu, bǎi èr qín guān zhōng shǔ chǔ)
"Where there is a will, there is a way. When you break the cauldrons and sink the boats, even the formidable Qin's pass eventually belongs to Chu." - Mao Zedong
有志者事竟成
Yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
Where there's a will, there's a way.
人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青
Rénshēng zìgǔ shéi wú sǐ, liú qǔ dān xīn zhào hàn qīng
Everyone will die, but one's noble spirit will shine throughout history.
君子之交淡如水
Jūnzǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
A gentleman's friendship is as light as water.
落叶归根
Luò yè guī gēn
Fallen leaves return to their roots (i.e., going back to one's origin).
读万卷书，行万里路
Dú wàn juǎn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù
Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.
道高一尺，魔高一丈
Dào gāo yī chǐ, mó gāo yī zhàng
As virtue rises one foot, vice rises ten.
天下无难事，只怕有心人
Tiānxià wú nán shì, zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
Nothing is difficult to the one who has the will.
吃一堑，长一智
Chī yī qiàn, zhǎng yī zhì
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
Yī cùn guāngyīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāngyīn
An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
千里之行，始于足下
Qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
人言可畏
Rén yán kě wèi
The opinions of others can be frightening.
青出于蓝而胜于蓝
Qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán
Indigo is extracted from the blue dye plant, but it surpasses the blue dye plant (i.e., the student outshines the master).
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