777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 3
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A man of straw is still a man.42.
A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes.43.
A man with a sour face should not open a shop.44.
A man's good name is as precious to him as its skin is to a tiger.45.
A man's heart and the autumnal sky.46.
A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky.47.
A man's word is his honor.48.
A mended lid to a cracked pan.49.
A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves.50.
A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag.51.
A miser and his persimmon seeds.52.
A monkey makes fun of the red behinds of his fellow monkeys.53.
A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer.54.
A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice.55.
A pig used to dirt turns up his nose at rice.56.
A powerful man has big ears.57.
A proposal without patience breaks its own heart.58.
A protruding post is hammered down.59.
A red lacquer dish needs no decoration.60.
A rosy face in the morning, white bones in the evening.