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"闻名不如见面，见面胜似闻名。"
"饥不择食，寒不择衣，惶不择路，贫不择妻。"
"[Lu Zhishen] bent and grasped the lower part of the trunk with his right hand, while his left hand seized it higher up, then gave a tremendous wrench—and pulled the tree from the ground, roots and all!"
"[Song Jiang] helped anyone, high or low, who sought his aid. [...] He was always making things easy for people, solving their difficulties, settling differences, saving lives. He provided the indigent with funds for coffins and medicines, gave charity to the poor, assisted in emergencies, helped in cases of hardship. And so he was famed throughout the provinces of Shandong and Hebei, and was known to all as the Timely Rain, for like the rain from the heavens he brought succor to every living thing."
"水来土掩，兵到将迎。"
"公人见钱，如蝇子见血。"
"祸福无门，惟人自招；披麻救火，惹焰烧身。"
"人无千日好，花无摘下红。"
"送君千里，终须一别。"
"人无刚骨，安身不牢。"
"骏马却驮痴汉走，美妻常伴拙夫眠。"
"入门休问荣枯事，观着容颜便得知。"
"柔软是立身之本，刚强是惹祸之胎。"
"好事不出门，恶事传千里。"
"初嫁从亲，再嫁由身。"
"乐极生悲，否极泰来。"
"天有不测风云，人有暂时祸福。"
"冤各有头，债各有主。"
"捉奸见双，捉贼见赃，杀人见伤。"
"经目之事，犹恐未真。"
"有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。"
"好人相逢，恶人远离。"
"福无双至，祸不单行。"
"人无千日好，花无百日红。"
"四海之内，皆兄弟也。"
"养兵千日，用在一朝！"
"得之易，失之易；得之难，失之难。"