777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 7
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Better go without medicine than call in an unskilled physician.122.
Better than a banquet somewhere else is a good cup of tea and a bowl of rice at home.123.
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.124.
Better to be a crystal and to be broken, than to be a tile upon the housetop.125.
Better to die than to live in shame.126.
Better to wash an old kimono than borrow a new one.127.
Better to write down something one time than to read something ten times.128.
Big fish do not live in small ponds.129.
Boasting begins where wisdom stops.130.
Boat-swalling fish do not live in brooks.131.
Books are preserved parts of minds.132.
Borrowed garments do not fit well.133.
Both quarrellers are to be punished.134.
Breeding rather than birth.135.
Brides and mothers-in-law are like dogs and monkeys.136.
Business and folding screens must be crooked to stand.137.
Business is a two-way street.138.
By poking at a bamboo thicket, one drives out a snake.139.
By seeing one spot you know the entire leopard.140.
Character can be built on daily routine.