777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 5
81. Absent friends get further away every day.
82. Abuse often starts with praise.
83. Acorns compare their height with each other.
84. Adversity is the foundation of virtue.
85. Advertising is the mother of trade.
86. Affinity is a mysterious thing, but it is spicy.
87. Afraid of his own shadow.
88. After the fight both parties give each other a good smack.
89. After three years even a disaster can be good for something.
90. After three years useless things are useful too.
91. After victory, tighten your helmet chord.
92. All married women are not wives.
93. Although dying of thirst, i drink not the water of a stolen fountain.
94. An accomplishment sticks to a person.
95. An ant hole may collapse an embankment.
96. An ant's nest could bring down a hill.
97. An eight-sided beauty is coldhearted.
98. An evil act runs a thousand miles.
99. An excess of courtesy is a discourtesy.
100. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.