Great Japanese Proverbs and Sayings That Will Make You Wise | Quotes, Aphorisms

[Music] fall down seven times get up eight [Music] even monkeys fall from trees feed a dog for three days and it is grateful for three years feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days [Music] even a fool has at least one talent 10 people 10 colors experience nature and in doing so learn about yourself to overcome a desperate situation make a complete turn in one sudden burst everyone makes mistakes nobody's perfect [Music] there's no accounting for taste to each his own [Music] overturned water doesn't return to the tree a frog in

a well does not know the great sea he who chases two rabbits catches neither to persevere is power the smart hawk hides its talons even seabream is not delicious when eaten in loneliness [Music] a kite breeding a hawk the presence of fools makes wise people stand out [Music] entering a village obey the village cannot quarrel without an opponent the eyes are the mirror of the soul [Music] giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it as the cherry blossom is considered foremost among flowers so the warrior is foremost among men the nail that

sticks up gets hammered down [Music] the week our meat that the strong eat good medicine is bitter [Music] early rising benefits you three pence even the mutterings of a man in a well are widely known after three years [Music] wisdom gotten from age is better than the shell of a tortoise [Music] one blind man leads the crowd a fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him it is dark one inch ahead of you [Music] friends are known first in hardships [Music] if you do not enter the tiger's cave you will not catch its

cub [Music] with many little strokes a large tree is filled like father like son sake reveals the true heart [Music] time flies like an arrow the winds of tomorrow will blow tomorrow after a storm comes the calm when three people meet wisdom is exchanged cause brings results [Music] one man's fault is another man's lesson [Music] the mouth is the origin of disaster [Music] don't forget your original intention [Music] even dust when piled up can become a mountain [Music] if a fish cares for the water the water will care for the fish [Music] there is darkness

at the foot of the lamp [Music] with hardships comes pleasure with pleasure comes hardships [Music] a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step [Music] good fortune and happiness will come into the house of those who smile [Music] the child of a frog is a frog don't let your daughter-in-law eat your autumn eggplants [Music] if you make a mistake don't hesitate to correct it [Music] it is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing [Music] polka bush a snake comes out 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 [Music] the neighbor's lawn is always greener even the head of a sardine can become holy with devotion he who prefers a gift of dumplings over a gift of flowers puts needs over once drunken life dreamy death work of self obtainment of self until an idiot dies he won't be cured meeting is the beginning of partying [Music] charming women who have a smile for everybody are cold-hearted watch others behavior and correct your own [Music] dirty money doesn't stay with a person for

long there is strength in weakness [Music] one's act one's profit [Music] evil cause evil effect [Music] after the rain the earth hardens [Music] the duller the child the dearer it is a wise man does not lose his way a brave man does not fear [Music] repentance never comes first [Music] the eyes speak as much as the mouth [Music] if on reason comes reason goes [Music] let what has passed flow downstream a bad wife spells a hundred years of bad harvest [Music] hmm