Jade quotes
12 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee."
"An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade."
"Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes."
"Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more."
"Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung."
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"Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it."
"Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it."
"A jade eates as much as a good horse."