777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 26
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Rather ten thousand lanterns from a wealthy man than one lantern from a poor man.502.
Repentance never comes first.503.
Respect old people, and be gentle with children.504.
Revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians.505.
Say what you have to say, tomorrow.506.
Seeing is poison for the eyes.507.
Serve your neighbors as you would be served yourself.508.
Sickness is a thing of the spirit.509.
Silence makes irritation grow.510.
Silence surpasses speech.511.
Silent worms dig holes in the walls.512.
Sleep and wait for good luck.513.
Sleeping people can't fall down.514.
Small things are lovable.515.
Snakes follow the way of serpents.516.
Some people like to make of life a garden, and to walk only within its paths.517.
Some pray to the gods only when in trouble.518.
Sometimes it takes only an hour to get a reputation that lasts for a thousand years.519.
Sorrow is the seed of wealth.520.
Sparrows, though they live to be a hundred, do not forget their dance.