21 Japanese Proverbs Teaching Us Valuable Life Lessons!
21 Japanese Proverbs Teaching Us Valuable Life Lessons!
August 29 2016 - 03:18pm
Japanese are people are true masters of wisdom, patience, motivation and more...It's no surprise their centuries old quotes are still appreciated and widely used. Here we give you 21 Japanese proverbs you'll end up thinking twice or even thrice!
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1. God sends you your first wife, people send you the second and the devil sends you the third.
2. If money isn't your servant, it becomes your master.
3. One that does not know war, will not know peace either.
4. An angry man loses all the batlles he gets in in life.
5. Earning money is like digging a hole with a needle, spending it is like pouring water on sand.
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6. A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.
7. Once the man is dignitary, even his dog walks around with pride.
8. Forgiving the one who does not regret is like painting on water.
9. The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down.
10. Vision without action is a daydream, action without vision is a nightmare.
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11. A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.
12. We learn little from victory but much from defeat.
13. Lies gallop. Truth walks slowly but still gets there on time.
14. When the water rises, ships also rise.
15. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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16. To call yourself an artist, you must be better than your master and you must train a student that will be better than you.
17. If somebody fools me once shame on him, if somebody fools me twice shame on me.
18. Don't be afraid of the black rock in the rice, be afraid of the white ones.
19. One who smiles rather than rage is always the stronger.
20. Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of a donkey.
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21. If you believe everything you read, better not read
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