My Admiration for Proverbs from China, Russia and Japan

1.

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Have God and have all.

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[Proverb]

2.

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Hell is always open.

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[Proverb]

3.

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Necessity has no holiday.

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[Proverb]

4.

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The longest day has an end.

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[Proverb]

5.

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Where there is peace, God is.

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[Proverb]

6.

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In China, more physicians than patients.

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[Proverb]

7.

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Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.

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[Proverb]

8.

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Much science, much sorrow.

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[Proverb]

9.

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Life is short and time is swift.

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[Proverb]

10.

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Life is a pilgrimage.

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[Proverb]

11.

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Music is the food of love.

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[Words of Skakespeare]

12.

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He teaches skill, who teaches all.

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[Proverb]

13.

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Do as I say, not as I do.

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[Hebrew proverb]

14.

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Control barbarians with barbarians.

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[Proverb]

15.

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There is blessedness in adversity.

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[Proverb]

16.

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A living body is a dying body.

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[Proverb]

17.

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Curses come back to yourself.

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[Proverb]

18.

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Day has its eyes; night has its ears.

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[Proverb]

19.

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Carelessness is a great enemy.

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[Japanese proverb]

20.

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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

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[Proverb]

21.

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Bring up your beloved child with a stick.

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[Proverb]

22.

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He who departs is forgotten.

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[Proverb]

23.

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To die is easy, to live is hard.

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[Proverb]

24.

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A woman’s whole-hearted desire will pierce even a rock.

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[Japanese proverb]

25.

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Serious disasters come from small causes.

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[Proverb]

26.

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If you know the disease, recovery is near.

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[Proverb]

27.

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A barking dog is weak.

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[Proverb]

28.

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The quick eater does quick work.

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[Proverb]

29.

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An idiot’s eloquence is silence.

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[Japanese proverb]

30.

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If the end is good, everything is good.

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[Proverb]

31.

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Even though you become the enemy of a good man,

don’t become the friend of a bad man.

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32.

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Repay your enemy with a favour. ```

33.

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Fate assists the courageous.

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[Proverb]

34.

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The flow of water and the future of human beings

is uncertain.

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[Proverb]

35.35

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A frog in the well knows not the ocean.

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35. Japanese proverb

36.36

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Without bending there is no growth.

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36. Japanese proverb

37.37

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Test a horse by riding him and a person by accompanying him.

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37. Japanese proverb

38.

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Illness starts with the mouth.

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[Proverb]

39.

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When you are busy, you have no illness. ```

40.

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Who owns the bank owns the fish.

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[Proverb]

41.

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The bear dances, but the gypsy takes the money.

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[Proverb]

42.

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The beauty of a loan is repayment.

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[Proverb]

43.

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Better to be born happy than pretty.

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[Proverb]

44.

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The boss is always right.

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[Proverb]

45.

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Better bread with water than cake with trouble.

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[Proverb]

46.

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Bread and salt never quarrel.

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[Proverb]

47.

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It is the bread that keeps one warm, not the fur.

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[Proverb]

48.

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Love your children with your heart,

But train them with your hands.

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[Proverb]

49.

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The cure for old age is the grave.

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[Proverb]

50.

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Every day is a messenger of God.

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[Proverb]

51.

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Death is a brother to the Russian soldier.

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[Proverb]

52.

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Good deeds travel far; bad ones farther.

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[Proverb]

53.

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Desire is stronger than bondage.

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[Proverb]

54.

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If you have desire, you must also have patience.

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[Proverb]

55.

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The dog is a lion in his own home.

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[Proverb]

56.

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If you drink, you die.

If you don’t drink, you die.

So it is better to drink.

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[Proverb]

57.

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Ears do not grow higher than the head.

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[Proverb]

58.

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Nowhere in the world do eyes look satisfied.

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[Proverb]

59.

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What the eyes do not see, the heart does not desire.

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[Proverb]

60.

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Failure teaches you more than success.

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[Proverb]

61.

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Faith can move mountains.

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[Proverb]

62.

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Fear has large eyes.

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[Proverb]

63.

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Flies and priests can enter any house.

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[Proverb]

64.

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A friend is recognised only in misfortune.

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[Proverb]

65.

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He who is everybody’s friend is either very poor or very rich.

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[Proverb]

66.

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One old friend is better than two new ones.

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[Proverb]

67.

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It is not the gift which is precious, it is the love.

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[Proverb]

68.

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God goes to him who comes to Him.

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[Proverb]

69.

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God wanted to chastise mankind, so He sent lawyers.

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[Proverb]

70.

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God will cook the soup for him who has water, herbs and wood.

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[Proverb]

71.

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Praise God and love men.

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[Proverb]

72.

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Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.

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[Proverb]

73.

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Rely on God, but don’t get out of line yourself.

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[Proverb]

74.

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You cannot deceive God, even by getting up early.

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[Proverb]

75.

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Religion has two children: love and hatred.

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[Proverb]

76.

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Every rouble bears a sin.

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[Proverb]

77.

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No sin, no salvation.

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[Proverb]

78.

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The more you sleep, the less you sin.

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[Proverb]

79.

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He is not a thief who has stolen, but he who has been caught.

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[Proverb]

80.

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When the Czar has a cold, all Russia coughs.

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[Proverb]

81.

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Bend the tree only while it is young.

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[Proverb]

82.

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Mock not the fallen, for the slippery road is ahead of you.

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[Proverb]

83.

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Gossip needs no carriage.

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[Proverb]

84.

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Heaven has many cracks through which God can see.

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[Proverb]

85.

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Ignorance does not commit sins.

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[Proverb]

86.

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If you are afraid of bad luck,

You will never get good luck.

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[Proverb]

87.

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Marriage is the tomb of love.

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[Proverb]

88.

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Money goes where money is.

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[Proverb]

89.

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When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.

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[Proverb]

90.

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Love your neighbour, but put up a fence.

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[Proverb]

91.

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Onion and garlic are born brothers.

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[Proverb]

92.

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People’s opinion has crucified Christ.

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[Proverb]

93.

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The ploughman has no time for mischief. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Admiration for Proverbs from China, Russia and Japan, 2000
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