My Admiration for Proverbs from China, Russia and Japan

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Have God and have all. ```

2.

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Hell is always open. ```

3.

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Necessity has no holiday. ```

4.

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The longest day has an end. ```

5.

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Where there is peace, God is. ```

6.

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In China, more physicians than patients. ```

7.

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Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris. ```

8.

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Much science, much sorrow. ```

9.

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Life is short and time is swift. ```

10.

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Life is a pilgrimage. ```

11.

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Music is the food of love. ```

12.

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He teaches skill, who teaches all. ```

13.

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Do as I say, not as I do. ```

14.

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Control barbarians with barbarians. ```

15.

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There is blessedness in adversity. ```

16.

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A living body is a dying body. ```

17.

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Curses come back to yourself. ```

18.

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Day has its eyes; night has its ears. ```

19.

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Carelessness is a great enemy. ```

20.

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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ```

21.

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Bring up your beloved child with a stick. ```

22.

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He who departs is forgotten. ```

23.

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To die is easy, to live is hard. ```

24.

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

25.

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Serious disasters come from small causes. ```

26.

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If you know the disease, recovery is near. ```

27.

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A barking dog is weak. ```

28.

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The quick eater does quick work. ```

29.

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An idiot’s eloquence is silence. ```

30.

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If the end is good, everything is good. ```

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. ```

34.

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The flow of water and the future of human beings

is uncertain.

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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↩

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Illness starts with the mouth. ```

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. ```

41.

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The bear dances, but the gypsy takes the money. ```

42.

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The beauty of a loan is repayment. ```

43.

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Better to be born happy than pretty. ```

44.

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The boss is always right. ```

45.

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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ```

46.

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Bread and salt never quarrel. ```

47.

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

48.

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Love your children with your heart,

But train them with your hands.

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49.

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The cure for old age is the grave. ```

50.

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Every day is a messenger of God. ```

51.

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Death is a brother to the Russian soldier. ```

52.

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Good deeds travel far; bad ones farther. ```

53.

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Desire is stronger than bondage. ```

54.

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If you have desire, you must also have patience. ```

55.

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The dog is a lion in his own home. ```

56.

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If you drink, you die.

If you don’t drink, you die.

So it is better to drink. ```

57.

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Ears do not grow higher than the head. ```

58.

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Nowhere in the world do eyes look satisfied. ```

59.

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

60.

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Failure teaches you more than success. ```

61.

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Faith can move mountains. ```

62.

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Fear has large eyes. ```

63.

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Flies and priests can enter any house. ```

64.

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A friend is recognised only in misfortune. ```

65.

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

66.

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One old friend is better than two new ones. ```

67.

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

68.

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God goes to him who comes to Him. ```

69.

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God wanted to chastise mankind, so He sent lawyers. ```

70.

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

71.

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Praise God and love men. ```

72.

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Pray to God but continue to row to the shore. ```

73.

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

74.

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You cannot deceive God, even by getting up early. ```

75.

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Religion has two children: love and hatred. ```

76.

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Every rouble bears a sin. ```

77.

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No sin, no salvation. ```

78.

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The more you sleep, the less you sin. ```

79.

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

80.

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When the Czar has a cold, all Russia coughs. ```

81.

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Bend the tree only while it is young. ```

82.

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

83.

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Gossip needs no carriage. ```

84.

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Heaven has many cracks through which God can see. ```

85.

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Ignorance does not commit sins. ```

86.

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If you are afraid of bad luck,

You will never get good luck.

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87.

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Marriage is the tomb of love. ```

88.

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Money goes where money is. ```

89.

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When money speaks, the truth keeps silent. ```

90.

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Love your neighbour, but put up a fence. ```

91.

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Onion and garlic are born brothers. ```

92.

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People’s opinion has crucified Christ. ```

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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