777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 29
561.
The friendship of water and fish.562.
The frog in his pond sneers at the ocean.563.
The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.564.
The gods just laugh when men pray to them for wealth.565.
The goodness of the father reaches higher than a mountain; that of the mother goes deeper than the ocean.566.
The guest who seeks special attention muddies the host's tea.567.
The hard road turns the traveller into the same dust that he has to swallow.568.
The hawk with talent hides its talons.569.
The head of a dragon, the tail of a snake.570.
The head of a monkey, the headdress of a prince.571.
The heart is the most essential human quality.572.
The heaviest rains fall on the house that leaks most.573.
The hen tells the cock to crow.574.
The hole the crab digs takes on the shape of its shell.575.
The human heart is neither of stone nor wood.576.
The inarticulate speak longest.577.
The intimacy of water and fish.578.
The jellyfish never dances with the shrimp.579.
The lawyer will extend the frontiers of a fight.580.
The lazy one stands up between one armchair and another.