777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 31
601.
The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote.602.
The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone.603.
The pensioner gets the wages of the death.604.
The person who admits ignorance shows it once; the one who tries to hide it shows it often.605.
The plagiarist turns the body inside-out and changes the bones.606.
The poor have no time to spare.607.
The poor sleep soundly.608.
The prettiest of shoes makes a sorry hat.609.
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.610.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.611.
The sack of longing has no bottom.612.
The second word makes the fray.613.
The shade of the same tree, the flowing of the same stream.614.
The skill of using a mortar and pestle never leaves one.615.
The smaller the margin, the greater the turnover.616.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.617.
The soul of a three year old until a hundred.618.
The sparrow flying behind the hawk thinks the hawk is fleeing.619.
The speaker may well be a fool but the listener is wise.620.
The spendthrift beats his money as if it were a carpet.