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Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.

— Ernest Bramah The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)

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One learns to itch where one can scratch.

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It is proverbial that from a hungry tiger and an affectionate woman there is no escape.

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It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea-shops.

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However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

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In his countenance this person read an expression of no-encouragement towards his venture.

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