777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 24
461.
One joy can drive away a hundred sorrows.462.
One kind word can warm 3 winter months.463.
One kind word can warm three winter months.464.
One kindness is the price of another.465.
One may study calligraphy at eighty.466.
One moment of intense happiness prolongs life by a thousand years.467.
One sees the sky through a hollow reed.468.
One who eats plain food is healthy.469.
One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.470.
One who waits patiently will catch a big fish.471.
One word let slip and four horses would fail to catch it.472.
One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.473.
One's village is revealed.474.
Only God knows one's term of life.475.
Only he who knows his own weaknesses can endure those of others.476.
Only lawyers and painters can turn white to black.477.
Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books.478.
Only when the coffin is closed will we see how long lasting is the name.479.
Our fates are as registered by heaven.480.
Over-intelligent people can't find friends.