The Japanese proverbs
Japanese proverbs
- Do not hold back those who leave, nor reject those who arrive.
- Don’t say it’s impossible, better say you haven’t done it yet.
- An exaggerated honesty is the closest thing to stupidity.
- Great people exist because of ordinary people.
- If ordinary people did not exist, extraordinary people would not exist either.
- At the age of 10 you are a miracle. At 20, you become a genius. At 30, you are just an ordinary person.
- It’s better to be the enemy of someone who is good than the friend of someone who is bad.
- Don’t wait for the time to come.
- It is not the most beautiful flowers that bear the best fruit.
- Sadness is a torn dress: it is better not to go out with it.
- Rain is a problem only for those who do not want to get wet.
- Love is that even smallpox scars are no more than dimples on the cheeks.
- It is better not to stop those who want to leave, nor throw out those who have just arrived.
- One minute of embarrassment for asking a question can mean a lifetime of ignorance.
- Do well what is in your hand, the rest will be fate.
- While lying in bed, no one stumbles.
- If you think about it, decide. If you’ve already decided, stop thinking about it.
- The sun knows neither good nor bad: the sun warms and illuminates everyone equally.
- One word said with kindness can mean the heat of three months of winter.
- Before questioning another person, check your thoughts seven times.
- The meaning of fast is to go slowly, but without pause.
- Sometimes the leaf sinks but the stone floats.
- Rivers that are very deep flow slowly.
- Laughter calls for happiness.
- He who is able to wait half an hour longer than his opponent will win.
- One word said with kindness can mean the heat of three months of winter.
- Let the foolish and the mad go first on any road.
- You may only need your sword once in your life, but you must carry it always.
- It is possible to endure cold rice and tea, but cold looks and words are unbearable.
- The longest journey begins with a first step.
- Victory is not what it teaches; one learns more with defeat.
- While drawing the branch of a tree you should hear the air.
- The rolling stone cannot make a pile.
- The woman can go through the rock if she sets her mind to it.
- Studying the past is the best way to learn for the future.
- Discipline will eventually defeat intelligence.
- Spending time laughing is like spending time with the gods.
- There is a door through which good or bad fortune can enter, but you have the key.
- The promised wood does not heat the home.
- If you believe everything you read, then it is better not to read at all.
- If you want to go up and you don’t have a way, invent the ladder.
- A marriage has to be like hands and eyes. If the hand hurts, the eyes cry, and if the eyes cry, the hand dries the tears.
- The sea is this big because it does not despise the streams.
- For someone prepared, there is no danger.
- Before breaking a silence, try to make your words better than this one.
- It is not worth worrying about a problem if it has a solution. And if it doesn’t, it’s not worth worrying about either.
- A ship with a hundred sailors is capable of climbing a mountain.
