Per aspera ad astra.

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Your teacher can open the door but you must enter by yourself.

师父领进门，修行在个人。

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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

与其诅咒黑暗，不如点支蜡烛。

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Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

路遥知马力，日久见人心。

* reveal：揭露

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Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.

授之以鱼，不如授之以渔。

* 第一个fish为名词"鱼"，第二个为动词"捕鱼，钓鱼"。

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If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 year, educate mankind.

一年树谷，十年树木，百年树人。

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A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

听君一席话，胜读十年书。

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When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.

聪明的人善于举一反三。

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The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.

成功之前放弃的诱惑是最大的。

*temptation：诱惑

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Silence is a source of great strength.

沉默是力量的源泉。

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If you survived a storm, you won't be bothered by the rain.

既经风暴，何惧微雨。

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When anger arises, think of the consequences.

怒火燃起时，想想后果。

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The glory is not in never failing but in rising every time you fail.

最大的荣耀不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后都爬起来。

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Do not impose others what you yourself do not desire.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里之行，始于足下。

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A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.

智者有主见，无知者盲从。

* ignorant：无知的

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Be not afraid of moving slowly. Be afraid of standing still.

不怕慢，就怕站。