We learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat.
More Japanese Proverbs:
A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes.Japanese
If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are.
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If you think about things too long, good thoughts will disappear.
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.
Japanese
Unspoken words are the flowers of silence.
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Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth.
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