777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 36
701.
Walls have ears, bottles have mouths.702.
Walls have ears, paper sliding doors have eyes.703.
Water will always take the form of the vase it fills.704.
We are no more than candles burning in the wind.705.
We can laugh happily with our children, but not with money.706.
We get along well with those we can get along with well.707.
We learn by watching and listening.708.
We learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat.709.
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.710.
We've arrived, and to prove it we're here.711.
Wealth gets in the way of wisdom.712.
What is good is not necessarily beautiful.713.
When a bonsai stops growing, you know it's dead.714.
When a girl in the teahouse smiles at you, look the other way.715.
When folly passes by, reason draws back.716.
When one dog barks for nothing, all other dogs bark in earnest.717.
When someone is really hungry, then there is no such thing as "bad food."718.
When someone offends you, you haven't given him enough love.719.
When ten thousand soldiers lie rotting, the general's reputation is enhanced.720.
When the cat mourns for the mouse do not take her seriously.