If you are in a boat you are more afraid of fire than you are of water.
More Japanese Proverbs:
You don't have to die: heaven and hell are in this world too.Japanese
The pensioner gets the wages of the death.
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You won't get sick if you have plenty of work.
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The consequence is the reward of the cause.
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Water will always take the form of the vase it fills.
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To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.
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