Great Throughts Treasury

"The boaster and the proud person are fools."

"The blind man does not fear the snake."

"The body is tortured only by the demon of the heart."

"The cherry blossom among flowers, the warrior among men."

"The country is in ruins, and there are still mountains and rivers."

"The cow drinks water and it turns to milk; the snake drinks water and it turns to poison."

"The day you decide to do it is your lucky day"

"The dove shows its filial piety by sitting three branches below its parents."

"The crow that mimics a cormorant gets drowned."

"The environment makes our characters."

"The eyes are the mirror of the soul."

"The extreme form of passionate love is secret love."

"The end of snow is Nirvƒna."

"The face is the mirror of the heart."

"The eyes speak as much as the mouth.(love needs no words)"

"The feet are the gateway to 10,000 illnesses."

"The fruit of a tree falls to its root."

"The fallen blossom never returns to the branch."

"The flow of water and the future of human beings are uncertain."

"The go-between wears out a thousand sandals."

"The future life is the all-important thing."

"The fruit of one's own deeds [in a previous state of existence]."

"The good calligrapher is not choosy about his writing brush."

"The hasty hand will do things wrong."

"The hawk with talent hides its talons (The person who knows most often says least)."

"The head of a dragon, the tail of a snake."

"The inarticulate speak longest."

"The jellyfish never dances with the shrimp."

"The interval of sleep is Paradise."

"The mouth is the cause of calamity."

"The marten is proud where there is no weasel."

"The karma of the parents is visited upon the child."

"The karma-relation is deep."

"The mouth is the front-gate of all misfortune."

"The mouth is the door of evil."

"The more stupid the child the dearer it is."

"The nail that stands out will be hammered down."

"The mouth is the gate of evil."

"The neighbor's lawn is green (The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence)."

"The nail that sticks up will be hammered down."

"The nail that sticks its head up is the one that gets hit."

"The one burnt by a hot milk will blow at the ice-cream."

"The remedy is often worse than the disease; Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse."

"The priest who preaches foul doctrine shall be reborn as a fungus."

"The person to whom it is directed prefers practical gain to aesthetics."

"The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone."

"The right man for the right job."

"The reverse side also has a reverse side."

"The shop-boy in front of the temple-gate repeats the s–tra which he never learned."

"The Six Roads are right before your eyes."