Japanese Proverbs (3)

• 類は友を呼ぶ - Like attracts like.


• 論より証拠 - Proof is stronger than reason.


• 学問に王道なし- There is no royal road to learning.


• かわいい子には旅をさせよ - Let your pretty child travel alone.


• 勤勉は成功の基 - Diligence is a base of success.


• 苦あれば楽あり - After a hard time comes a good time.


• 鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ - Better be a head of a chicken than the tail of a bull.


• 好機逃すべからず - Never miss a good chance.


• 光陰矢の如し - Time flies like an arrow.


• 虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず - You cannot catch a tiger's cub unless you enter the den.


• 転ばぬ先の杖 - It's better to carry a cane than it is to fall.


• 大器晩成 - Great talent mature late.


• 盾の両面を見よ - Look at the both sides of the shield.


• 玉磨かざれば光なし - No gemstones shine without polishing.


• 短気は損気 - Short temper is disadvantageous.


• ちりも積もれば山となる - Many a little makes a mickle.


• 始めよければ終わりよし - Well begun is well done.


• 不言実行 - Action without words.


• 分別は才知に勝る - Discretion is better than wits.


• 病は気から - Sickness depends on mind.


• よく学びよく遊べ - Learn much and play much.


• 笑う門に福来たる - Fortune enters at the merry door --- Laugh and grow fat.