While young, the tree can be easily bent.
More Japanese Proverbs:
He flies into the flame, the summer insect.Japanese
Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy.
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Business and folding screens must be crooked to stand.
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When someone offends you, you haven't given him enough love.
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A fool is only cured by dying.
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If you are travelling towards the East, you will inevitably move away from the West.
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