777 Japanese Proverbs / Page 4
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A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.62.
A short temper is a disadvantage.63.
A silent man is the best one to listen to.64.
A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.65.
A single prayer moves heaven.66.
A smooth talker is a good-for-nothing person.67.
A statement once let loose cannot be caught by four horses.68.
A sutra in a horse's ear.69.
A sutra.70.
A tea cup on the edge of a well.71.
A thousand li journey begins with a single step.72.
A three inch tongue -- the iron bulwark of politics.73.
A tiger dies and leaves his skin; a man dies and leaves his name.74.
A whip even to a galloping horse.75.
A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow.76.
A willow before the wind.77.
A wise man does not lose his way, a brave man does not fear.78.
A woman has many mouths.79.
A woman's heart and spring weather.80.
A word can't be recalled once spoken.