The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high

Quote by Japanese Proverb

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Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink...

First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink...

Money grows on the tree of persistence.

Money grows on the tree of persistence.

Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth

Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

There is nothing that cannot be achieved by firm imagination.

There is nothing that cannot be achieved by firm imagination.

When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there.

When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there.

Money has no ears but it hears.

Money has no ears but it hears.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

Virtue is not knowing but doing

Virtue is not knowing but doing

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

None of us are as smart as all of us

None of us are as smart as all of us

All married women are not wives.

All married women are not wives.

The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.

The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.

Beginning is easy - continuing hard

Beginning is easy - continuing hard

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass.

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass.

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...