An edition of The Wolf Boy Of China
(1883)
The Wolf Boy Of China
by William Dalton
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CONTENTS.
I. "PRODUCE MUCH, CONSUME LITTLE; LABOR DILIGENTLY, SPEND CAUTIOUSLY ," 9
II. "THE GEM CANNOT BE POLISHED WITHOUT FRICTION, NOR MAN PERFECTED WITHOUT TRIALS," 17
III. "THE GODS CANNOT HELP A MAN WHO LOSES OPPORTUNITIES," 26
IV. "A WISE MAN ADAPTS HIMSELF TO CIRCUMSTANCES, AS WATER SHAPES ITSELF TO THE VESSEL THAT CONTAINS IT" 38
V. "IF MEN WILL HAVE NO CARE FOR THE FUTURE THEY WILL SOON HAVE SORROW FOR THE PRESENT," 42
VI. "WHAT IS TOLD IN THE EAR IS OFTEN HEARD A HUNDRED MILES OFF,"
VII. "EVERY DAY CANNOT BE A FEAST OF LANTERNS," 55
VIII. "TO SPOIL WHAT IS GOOD BY UNSEASONABLENESS IS LIKE LETTING OFF FIREWORKS IN RAIN," 60
IX. "TO CONTRIVE IS MAN'S PART; TO ACCOMPLISH IS HEAVEN'S," 76
X. "LOOKERS-ON MAY BE BETTER JUDGES OF THE GAME THAN THE PLAYERS," 91
XI. "HE WHO HASTENS TO BE RICH INCURS PERIL," 98
XII. "AN IGNORANT DOCTOR IS NO BETTER THAN A MURDERER," 101
XIII. "LOVE OF GAIN TURNS WISE MEN INTO FOOLS," 117
XIV. "HE WHO GOULD SEE ONLY THREE DAYS INTO FUTURITY MIGHT ENRICH HIMSELF FOREVER," 126
XV. "RICHES COME BETTER AFTER POVERTY THAN POVERTY AFTER RICHES," 136
XVI. "LARGE FOWLS WILL NOT EAT SMALL GRAIN," 145
XVII. "A NEEDLE IS NOT SHARP AT BOTH ENDS," 160
XVIII. "THE MORE TALENTS ARE EXERCISED THE MORE THEY WILL BE DEVELOPED," 17ft
XIX. "HE WHO DOES NOT SOAR HIGH WILL SUFFER THE LESS BY A FALL," 184
XX. "A RASH MAN PROVOKES TROUBLE; BUT WHEN THE TROUBLE COMES IS NO MATCH FOR IT," 108
XXI. "A CLEVER MAN TURNS GREAT TROUBLES INTO LITTLE ONES, AND LITTLE ONES INTO NONE AT ALL," 201
XXII. "THE BEST SWIMMERS ARE OFTENEST DROWNED; AND THE BEST RIDERS HAVE THE WORST FALLS," 211
XXIII. "KINDNESS IS MORE BINDING THAN A LOAN," 218
XXIV. "FOR THE SAKE OF ONE GOOD ACTION A HUN-DRED EVIL ONES SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN," 226
XXV. "IT IS BETTER TO SUFFER AN INJURY THAN TO COMMIT ONE," 238
XXVI. "BY NATURE ALL MEN ARB ALIKE; BUT BY EDUCATION WIDELY DIFFERENT," 240
XXVII. "A MAN MUST MAKE HIMSELF DESPICABLE BEFORE HE CAN BE REALLY DESPISED BY OTHERS," 258
XXVIII. "EVIL CONDUCT IS THE ROOT OF MISERY" 264
XXIX. "TO PERSECUTE THE UNFORTUNATE IS LIKE THROWING STONES ON ONE FALLEN INTO A WELL," 277
XXX. "WATER IS LESS DREADED THAN FIRE, YET FEWER SUFFER BY FIRE THAN BY WATER," 286
XXXI. "HE WHO TOILS WITH PAIN WILL BAT WITH PLEASURE," 296
XXXII. "EGGS ARE CLOSE THINGS, BUT THE CHICKS COME OUT AT LAST," 304
XXXIII. "A HUNTER'S DOG WILL AT LAST DIE A VIOLENT DEATH," 318
XXXIV. "LET US FULFIL OUR OWN PARTS, AND AWAIT THE WILL OF HEAVEN,"
XXXV. "A HUNTER'S DOG WILL AT LAST DIE A VIOLENT DEATH,"
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