Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water.

More Japanese Proverbs

• A frog in a well does not know the great sea.
• Beginning is easy, continuing is hard.
• You can’t fight without an opponent.
• We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
• The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
• One kind word can warm three winter months.
• Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.
• You can’t do anything without risking something.
• A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
• Giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it.
• Even a fool may be good at something.
• The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.
• Spilled water will not return to the bowl.
• The stake that sticks up gets hammered down.
• The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.
• You reap what you sow.
• The smallest, good deed is better than the grandest good intention.
• Not knowing is Buddha.
• We learn little from victory, much from defeat.
• One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.
• If money is not thy servant, it will be thy master.
• Not seeing is a flower.
• One kind word can warm three winter months.
• Don’t offer things to people who are incapable of appreciating them.
• Life without endeavours is like entering a jewel-mine and coming out with empty hands.
• Of flowers, the cherry blossom; of men, the warrior.
• Even when months and days are long, life is short.