No branch is better than its trunk.
More Japanese Proverbs:
The human heart is neither of stone nor wood.Japanese
Indifference is a generous kind of intolerance.
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Control of mental conduct, not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai.
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One can stand still in a flowing stream, but not in a world of men.
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Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.
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Great trees are envied by the wind.
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