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| Japanese Proverb
A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.A good husband is healthy and absent.A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.A mended lid to a cracked pan.A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice.A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.Adversity is the foundation of virtue.Affinity is a mysterious thing, but it is spicy!After victory, tighten your helmet chord.All married women are not wives.An accomplishment sticks to a person.An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.Bad and good are intertwined like rope.Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy.Better go without medicine than call in an unskilled physician.Clouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.Death is lighter than a feather. Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.Even a sheet of paper has two sides.Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.Fall seven times, stand up eight. Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten.First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand.Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand.Giving gold coins to a cat.Had the pheasant not screamed, it wouldn't have been shot.If a man be great, even his dog will wear a proud look.If the father is a frog, the son will be a frog.If you believe everything you read, better not read.If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming... If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief.Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass.Laughter cannot bring back what anger has driven away.Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel-mine and coming out with empty hands.Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth.Money grows on the tree of persistence.My skirt with tears is always wet: I have forgotten to forget.Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.Never trust the advice of a man in difficulty.One kind word can warm three winter months.Silence surpasses speech.Silent worms dig holes in the walls.Sleeping people can't fall down.The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned.The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.The inarticulate speak longest.The mouth is the door of evil.The nail that sticks its head up is the one that gets hit.The nail that sticks out is hammered down.The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone.The reverse side also has a reverse side. The reverse side also has a reverse side.There can be no offense where none is taken. Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.To teach is also to learn.To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.Transactions in Hell also depend upon money.Transactions in Hell also depend upon money.Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Walls have ears, bottles have mouths.Walls have ears, paper sliding doors have eyes.We are no more than candles burning in the wind.When a bonsai stops growing, you know it's dead. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. When you're thirsty it's too late to think about digging a well.Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one. You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice. |
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