777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 8
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.142.
Cherry blossoms in the recesses of a mountain.143.
Children grow up, with or without parents.144.
Children yoke parents to the past, present and future.145.
Clouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms.146.
Cold tea and cold rice are bearable, but cold looks and cold words are not.147.
Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; cold looks and cold words aren't.148.
Common sense is essential.149.
Conqueror the self and you will conquer the opponent.150.
Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone.151.
Consult anyone, even your knees.152.
Control of mental conduct, not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai.153.
Control your emotion or it will control you.154.
Cooked rice grains sticking to the soles of the feet.155.
Count the skins of badgers which haven't been caught.156.
Cover the ears and steal the bell.157.
Cover your head, and not cover your bottom.158.
Crabs dig holes according to the size of their shells.159.
Cupidity has no peak.160.
Darkness lies one inch ahead.