Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1894 — Japanese Proverbs. [ARTICLE]

Japanese Proverbs.

The collector of mummies will in time be one. When the sense of shame is lost advancement ceases. With a mote in the eye one can not see the Himalayas. Genius hears one individual and then comprehends ten. A 1,000-foet embankment will be broken by the hole of an ant. Be not lenient to your own faults; keep your pardon for others. Who steals goods is call a thief; who steals dominions a ruler. It is easy to get a thousand sold - iers, but difficult to find one general. Sit in quiet and consider your own faults; do not spend your time it discussing those of others. If the water be too pure fish can not live in it; if people be too exacting fellow beings can not stand beside them. If the mind be clear even in a dark room there will be a radiance; if the thought is dark at noonday there will be demons