JAPANESE PROVERBS
A wise man looks for justice; a fool looks for favors. Who is the great man?—He who is strongest in the exercise of patience. A wise man is impartial, not neutral; a fool is neutral, but not impartial. "From the supreme necessity of selfcontrol there is no escape through death. A woman's tongue is only three inches long, but it ean kill a man six feet high. Let us all assume, that we have committed unconscious offences.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 107, 21 September 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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79JAPANESE PROVERBS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 107, 21 September 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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