777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 14
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Great villainy is often called loyalty.262.
Greetings are the patron gods of our time.263.
Grief itches but scratching it makes it worse.264.
Growing rice gives you more than poetry will.265.
Had the pheasant not screamed, it wouldn't have been shot.266.
Half an hour in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces.267.
Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach.268.
Happiness spring -- cleans the heart.269.
Having conquered, tighten the thongs of your helmet.270.
He draws water over his own rice field.271.
He flies into the flame, the summer insect.272.
He is not poor that hath not feel content.273.
He is poor who does not feel content.274.
He is rich who knows when he has enough.275.
He who admits to his ignorance shows it once only; he who tries to hide it shows it frequently.276.
He who burns his mouth on the soup will blow on a cold fish dish.277.
He who buys useless things, later sells things that he needs.278.
He who eats globefish soup is a fool; so is he who does not.279.
He who has gold is served by the devil.280.
He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other.