Exercise: Find the grammatical error in the quotations and tell about your opinion the meaning of the quotations:

1. To buy books would be a good thing if we also can buy the time to read them.
-ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER 1788-1860
  
2. They will say you are on the wrong road, if it would be your own.
- ANTONIO PORCHIA
  
3. No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it will kill you.
- SHOLOM ALEICHEM 1859-1916, Ukraine-Born American Writer
  
4.  No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
- MAHATMA GANDHI 1869-1948, Indian Political, Spiritual Leader
  
5.  Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.
- JIM ROHN American Businessman,
  
6.  If it was not for dogs, some people would never go for a walk.
- Anonymous
  
7.  If I will spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.
- PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973, Spanish Artist
  
8.  If I wasn't an actor, I will be a secret agent.
- ELIJAH WOOD - American Actor
  
9.  If I repent of anything, it is very likely would be my good behavior.
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU 1817-1862, American Essayist
  
10.  If I had not started painting, I would raise chickens.
- GRANDMA MOSES 1860-1961, American Artist
  
11.  If I had been present at creation, I would give some useful hints.
- Alfonso the Wise
  
12.  If I did had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.
- JAMES STEWART 1908-1997, American Actor
  
13.  If I am not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else would.
- RON BLOMBERG American Baseball Player
  
14.  I would be a billionaire if I would want to be a selfish boss. That's not me. -
JOHN GOTTI American Mafia Boss
  
15.  Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I can not doubt, I should not believe.
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU 1817-1862, American Essayist
  
16.  Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - 32nd President of the USA
  
17.  Do every act of your life as if it would be your last.
- MARCUS AURELIUS - Roman Emperor, Philosopher
  
18.  Develop a passion for learning. If you did, you will never cease to grow.
- ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO
  
19.  As for death one gets used to it, even if it would be only other people's
death you get used to. - ENID BAGNOLD 1889-1981
  
20.  A wise man admits his weaknesses. I would admit mine if I would have any.
- Source unknown

Abash: make somebody ashamed
In the party yesterday my friend abashed me through a spilled of juice in my dress.
Shallow: not deep
This canal is not shallow.
Wallow: roll in something
She wallow the man’s face on the floor.
Halt: temporary stop
The sudden rain brought the game to an abrupt halt
Drought: lack of something
She experienced a period of creative drought.

1. Do you know any Chinese proverbs?

2.Do you like to live in an ocean?

3. What is the moral lesson in the story?