The marksman hitteth the target partly by pulling, partly by letting go. The boatsman reached the landing partly by pulling, partly by letting go.
More Traditional Proverbs:
Time slides like sand through your fingers.Traditional
Time slides like sand through your fingers.
Traditional
Life is short and full of blisters
Traditional
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.
Traditional
You say potayto, I say potahto.
Traditional
You can't escape necessity.
Traditional