A man of straw is still a man.
More Japanese Proverbs:
Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth.Japanese
Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.
Japanese
Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk -- time makes it bigger instead of erasing it.
Japanese
Depend on your walking stick, not on other people.
Japanese
The devil was good looking at eighteen, and course tea makes a bitter first cup.
Japanese
To ask is a temporary shame; not to ask, an eternal one.
Japanese