Easy to believe in Heaven’s law, but so hard to keep

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Forethought is easy, repentance hard Forethought is easy, repentance hard
We forget even incense in easy times; come hard times, we embrace the Buddha’s feet We forget even incense in easy times; come hard times, we embrace the Buddha’s feet
Once on a tiger’s back it is hard to alight Once on a tiger’s back it is hard to alight
A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it
Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know

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