List: proverb

proverb  expression 

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them, you can't judge something until you've tried it, try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him

proverb  expression  su verb - precursor to the modern suru  verb (generic)  colloquial 

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never, the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• he has not lived that lives not after death, the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it, tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name

proverb  expression 

• you must lose a fly to catch a trout, sometimes the best gain is to lose

proverb  expression 

• if you can't beat them; join them, you can't fight city hall, if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them

proverb  expression 

• if you can't beat them; join them, you can't fight city hall, if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them

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• every person has their eccentricities

proverb  expression  idiomatic expression 

• if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter, manjū in the toilet
• hiding something good for oneself alone

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold

proverb  expression 

• the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools, one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane