Japanese Proverbs - page 25

You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo pole. (Japanese Proverb)
When you are polite, the others think they are wearing flowers. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A good cat does not need a collar of gold. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
When there are two fires in one room, only one will smoke. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Under a powerful general there are no feeble soldiers. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Wisdom is lost in a fat man's body. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
When the moon is full, it begins to wane. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A fallen blossom never returns to the branch. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
You will never learn enough looking for only the good things in life; you will always be a pupil. (Japanese Proverb)
You warm up something for ten days and it goes cold in one. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
When you talk about future happenings the devil starts to laugh. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
We learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A good sword is the one left in its scabbard. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A protruding post is hammered down. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A red lacquer dish needs no decoration. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A single arrow is easily broken, but ten in a bundle aren't. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A smooth talker is a good-for-nothing person. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Affinity is a mysterious thing, but it is spicy. (Japanese Proverb)
After the fight both parties give each other a good smack. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Although dying of thirst, i drink not the water of a stolen fountain. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
An ant hole may collapse an embankment. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
An evil act runs a thousand miles. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
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