Great Throughts Treasury

"Even as the shadow follows the shape."

"Even Confucius had his misfortunes."

"Even as the echo answers to the voice."

"Even between parents and children money matters make strangers."

"Even dust amassed will grow into a mountain."

"Even each of the Twenty-five Bodhisattvas has his own particular duty to perform."

"Even gaki (prˆtas) can make a crowd."

"Even Hell itself is a dwelling-place."

"Even in hell old acquaintances are welcome."

"Even monkeys fall from trees (Even an expert can make mistakes)."

"Even medicine when exceeded becomes poison."

"Even the Buddha was originally but a common man."

"Even the Buddha's face, only until the third [slap], meaning even the most mild-mannered person will lose his/her temper eventually."

"Even the head of an iwashi, by virtue of faith, [will have power to save, or heal]."

"Even when a samurai has not eaten, he holds his toothpick high."

"Even the touching of sleeves in passing is caused by some relation in a former life."

"Even to become a Buddha one must first become a novice."

"Even when our sleeves brush together it is our karma."

"Everyone makes mistakes. Nobody's perfect."

"Every man has one fault."

"Every worm to his taste."

"Everyone makes mistakes. That's why there is an eraser on every pencil."

"Excellence breeds envy and/or enmity."

"Eyelashes, though near, are not seen."

"Fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror cannot be made to shine."

"Family quarrels sow the seeds of poverty."

"Farm when it's sunny, read when it rains."

"Fear is greater than the danger."

"Fast ripe, fast rotten."

"Fate assists the courageous."

"Feed a dog for three days and it is grateful for three years. Feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days."

"Few against many."

"Fear is only as deep as the mind allows."

"First things first."

"First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man."

"Fix the problem, not the blame."

"Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon (Experience the beauties of nature and in doing so learn about yourself.)"

"Fools and scissors may be put to use."

"Fish likes water so much, because the water is being good to the fish."

"Follow the villagers when you are in the new village."

"Forgive and forget; water under the bridge"

"Fortune will call at the smiling gate."

"Friends are known first in hardships."

"Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into sand."

"Ghosts and girls are best unseen."

"Giving up at the first sign of difficulty."

"Give food to the hawk you do not love."

"Giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it."

"Good actions go not outside of the gate: bad deeds travel a thousand ri."

"Giving is for the purpose of taking."