ProverbPedia

Japanese Proverb:
One can stand still in a flowing stream, but not in the world of men.

Japanese Proverb:
It’s no use giving gold coins to a cat.

Japanese Proverb:
There’s always a bee to sting a weeping face.

Japanese Proverb:
Every highroad leads to the Mikado’s palace.

Japanese Proverb:
Even in a village of eight there’s generally a patriot to be found.

Japanese Proverb:
A perfect vase never came from a bad potter’s wheel.

Japanese Proverb:
He who is in haste fishes in an empty pool.

Japanese Proverb:
Getting money is like digging with a needle; spending it like water soaking into sand.

Japanese Proverb:
The character of a man depends on whether he has good or bad friends.

Japanese Proverb:
The heaviest rains fall on the leaky house.

Japanese Proverb:
A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes.

Japanese Proverb:
Excessive tenderness is followed by a hundredfold dislike.