Week 2021-09: Japanese Maxims. Sayings & Proverbs

"A dog will remember a three days’ kindness for three years; while a cat will forget three years’ kindness in three days." (Japanese saying)

"Because there are fools, wise men look well." (Japanese saying)

"Better than a 1000 days of diligent study by oneself, is one day with a great mentor." (Japanese proverb)

"Don’t rub salt on a sore." (Japanese saying)

"Drink and sing: an inch before us is black night." (Japanese saying)

"Flowers will bloom on widows; maggots will be hatched on widowers." (Japanese saying)

"He is poor who does not feel content." (Japanese proverb)

"He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other." (Japanese proverb)

"He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger." (Japanese saying)

"If you hate a man, let him live." (Japanese saying)

"If you throw cakes at a man, he will throw cakes at you." (Japanese saying)

"In the eyes of the lover, pockmarks are dimples." (Japanese saying)

"It is no use applying eye-medicine from a two-storey window." (Japanese saying)

"It is the melancholy face that gets stung by the bee." (Japanese saying)

"It is the tortoise that discounts the value of a pair of fast legs." (Japanese saying)

"Let the past drift away with the water." (Japanese saying)

"Look the other way when the girl in the teahouse smiles." (Japanese saying)

"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists." (Japanese saying)

"The doctor cures the sick man who does not die." (Japanese saying)

"The focused mind can pierce through stone." (Japanese maxim)

"The string of a man’s sack of patience is generally tied with a slipknot." (Japanese saying)

"The village that shines in the moonlight leaves a different impression in the souls of different people." (Japanese saying)

"There are some gods that abandon men - they are the gods that know men." (Japanese saying)

"Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods."  (Japanese proverb)

"To endure the unendurable is true endurance." (Japanese saying)

"To teach is to learn." (Japanese saying)

"Unless you enter the tiger’s den, you cannot take the cubs." (Japanese proverb)

"When something falls into the hands of the painter or the lawyer, white becomes black." (Japanese saying)

"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." (Japanese proverb)

"You learn more from getting used to things than from studying." (Japanese saying)