A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but...

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A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow.
Japanese proverbs

Japanese Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, contentment.

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