777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 13
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For rice cakes, go to the rice-cake maker.242.
Forgetting your native tongue means forgetting your native country.243.
Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water.244.
Fortune will call at the smiling gate.245.
Fortunes exist among leftovers.246.
From gods that are left alone, there is no curse.247.
From the mouths of babes and drunkards, you will learn the truth.248.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.249.
Generals conquer, soldiers are killed.250.
Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand.251.
Giving gold coins to a cat.252.
God lives in an honest heart.253.
Good luck in business is like the froth on an ox's face.254.
Good medicine often has a bitter taste.255.
Good things are never cheap.256.
Good things, many devils.257.
Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.258.
Great deeds come from times of shortage.259.
Great talents mature late.260.
Great trees are envied by the wind.