Japanese Proverbs

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.
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If you wait, there will come nectar - like fair weather.
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Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart.
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The reverse side also has a reverse side.
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Proof rather than argument.
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An ant hole may collapse an embankment.
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Let what is past flow away downstream.
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Adversity is the foundation of virtue.
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Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
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You can know ten things by learning one.
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Time flies like an arrow.
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Life is for one generation; a good name is forever.
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.
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Some people like to make of life a garden, and to walk only within its paths.
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
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Without oars, you cannot cross in a boat.
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The inarticulate speak longest.
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Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
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If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.
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We are no more than candles burning in the wind.
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Virtue is not knowing but doing.
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Money grows on the tree of persistence.
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It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.
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The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.
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Fortune will call at the smiling gate.
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To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.
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The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
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We are no more than candles burning in the wind.
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If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.
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It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive disenchanted.
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Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard.
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With the first glass a man drinks wine, with the second glass the wine drinks the wine, with the third glass the wine drinks the man.
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Do you need proof of God? Does one light a torch to see the sun?
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One cannot quarrel without an opponent.
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