Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.


"The Confession of Kai Lung" - The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)

Ernest Bramah Quotes

Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features...

Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features...

Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features...

Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features...