18. Those who wish to pick the fruit must climb the tree. [USA] Fuller, "Maxims"
19. Poverty and scholarship are friends; wealth and scholarship are enemies. Tao Xingzhi, "The Elements of Scholarship"
20. There is little that cannot be achieved through diligence and skill. [UK] Johnson, "Rasselas"
21. Learning is like a boat going upstream; if it does not move forward, it will retreat. The mind is like a horse on the plain; it is easy to let go but hard to restrain. "Collection of Ancient and Modern Couplets on Learning"
22. I have no talent; I use the time others spend drinking coffee for work. "Editorial Postscript to the Complete Works of Lu Xun"
23. If you do not stop chiseling, the ditch will deepen; if you do not stop chopping, the firewood will increase. Wang Chong of the Han Dynasty, "Lunheng: Minglu"
24. Brushes piled up into mounds, ink ground into pools—failing to reach Xizhi, one becomes Xianzhi. Brushes worn out by the thousand, ink cakes polished by the ten thousand—becoming neither Zhang Zhi nor Suo Jing. Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "Dongpo Bibia: Inscriptions on the Calligraphy of the Two Wangs"
25. I have spent whole days without eating and whole nights without sleeping, thinking, but found it useless; it is better to study. "The Analects of the Confucian School: Wei Ling Gong"
26. In learning, if one does not progress daily, one regresses daily. Gu Yanwu of the Qing Dynasty, "Gu Tinglin Poems and Prose Collection: Letter to a Friend I"
27. Talent arises from within; learning is accomplished from without. Liu Xie of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, "The Wen Xin Yao: Shi Lei"
28. The bamboo slips of the Wei dynasty broke repeatedly, the iron inkstone wore through; who cares for the years? Copying by hand, what is the count? Lu You of the Song Dynasty, "Jian Nan Poetry Manuscript: Reading in the Cold Night"
29. The diligent sweat profusely; the gluttons drool profusely. Mongolian Proverb
30. The tunnel is pierced, revealing meticulous diligence. Ye Shengtao, "Prefaces and Postscripts Collection: Preface to the Sino-Japanese War"
31. Once talent is dominated by laziness, it becomes useless. [Russia] Krylov
32. Genius is the ability to work hard and diligently without end. [UK] Carlyle
33. Science is everywhere at home—but in any place where nothing is sown, there will never be a harvest. [Russia] Herzen
34. Diligence is a natural magnet that attracts all beautiful things. [UK] Carlyle
