Everything in the world has its "that side"; everything in the world has its "this side". What is ignored from "that side" may be perceived from "this side".
(汪榕培 译)
7 尺有所短,寸有所长;物有所不足,智有所不明。——《屈原·卜居》
A foot may be too short for something long; For something weak an inch is strong. Everything has its weak points; Sometimes a wise man disappoints.
(许渊冲 译)
8 有缘千里来相会,无缘对面不相逢。——施耐庵:《水浒传》
If fated, men come together though a thousand li apart; if not, they miss each other though they meet face to face.
(Sidney Shapiro 译)
9 扫除心上垢,洗净耳边尘。不受苦中苦,难为人上人。——吴承恩·《西游记》
Wipe the dust off your mind, /Wash out the dirt from your ear. /Without the most terrible suffering /You cannot be a great man.
(W. J. F. Jenner 译)
10 老吾老,以及人之老,幼吾幼,以及人之幼。——《孟子·梁惠王上》
Respecting my own elders, and extending this respect to the elders of others; caring for my own children, and extending this care to the children of others.