We learn little from victory, much from defeat.

More Japanese Proverbs

• Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
• Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
• Gold coins to a cat.
• A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.
• Fall down seven times, get up eight times.
• Take a bad or desperate situation and turn it into a successful one.
• Even monkeys fall from trees.
• Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water.
• Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid of standing still.
• Everyone has their own tastes. Respect others.
• Dumplings rather than flowers.
• A merchant’s happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves.
• Be humble. Even an expert can make mistakes.
• If you make a mistake, don’t hesitate to correct it.
• Reality is never as good as your imagination.
• Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.
• He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
• It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.
• Love and a cough cannot be hidden.
• Money grows on the tree of persistence.
• Cold tea and cold rice are bearable, but not cold looks and cold words.
• Boasting begins where wisdom stops.
• There’s no medicine for falling in love.
• It is a beggar’s pride that he is not a thief.
• A bad wife spells a hundred years of bad harvest.
• The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
• Even a sea bream loses its flavor when eaten alone.