If you would shoot a general, shoot his horse first.
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A gilt-edged visiting card often hides an ugly face.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about face
If you have no one else, then confer with your knee.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
It is no use cutting a stick when the fight is over.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fight, use
It is useful to first see the spark before the fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fire, fire brigade
If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
Work the fields on a fine day, study on a rainy day.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about day, work
Life is a long journey with a heavy bag on its back.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about life
Don't take seriously the cat who mourns for a mouse.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
A three inch tongue -- the iron bulwark of politics.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about politics
If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about mistake
Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about virtue, wisdom
Count the skins of badgers which haven't been caught.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about haven
Follow the villagers when you are in the new village.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
Water will always take the form of the vase it fills.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about water
A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about gifts
While we consider when to begin, it becomes too late.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
Victims of the same disease have a lot to talk about.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about victims
The gods just laugh when men pray to them for wealth.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about pray, wealth, man
The heaviest rains fall on the house that leaks most.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fall, home, house
