After victory, tighten your helmet chord.
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
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The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned.
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If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.
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Experience is an expensive school, but a fool will learn from no other.
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yamai wa ki kara sickness is a thing of the spirit
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Duty is heavy as a mountain but Death is lighter than a feather.
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.
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If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...
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Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.
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Fall down seven times, get up eight.
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Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into sand.
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Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
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Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
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Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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The reverse side also has a reverse side.
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Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.
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Tsuki ni murakumo, hana ni kaze Clouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms
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If you believe everything you read, better not read.
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One kind word can warm three winter months.
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The nail that sticks out is hammered down.
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In wealth many friends in poverty, not even relatives.
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The nail that stands out will be hammered down.
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A good husband is healthy and absent.
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When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well.
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The feet are the gateway to 10,000 illnesses.
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
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Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard.
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Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
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