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Humility

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  1. 010 Even monkeys fall from trees.
  2. 011 Even skilled hands let water slip through.
  3. 015 Never forget the beginner's spirit.
  4. 017 The frog at the bottom of the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
  5. 029 The skilled hawk hides its talons.
  6. 030 The riper the rice ear, the lower it bows its head.
  7. 031 To lose is to win.
  8. 048 Even those who think they have none have seven quirks.
  9. 085 The strong one beneath the veranda.
  10. 088 To ask is a moment's shame; not to ask is a lifetime's shame.
  11. 089 Watch others' conduct and mend your own.
  12. 090 Pinch yourself to know another's pain.
  13. 094 The child on your back shows you the ford.
  14. 104 A mountain is not noble because it is tall.
  15. 115 The neighbor's flowers are redder.
  16. 116 Know what is enough.
  17. 117 Standing, half a tatami; lying, one tatami.
  18. 125 After victory, tighten your helmet cords.
  19. 142 Hiding the head but not the rear.
  20. 180 In a thousand thoughts, one slip.
  21. 199 Think lightly of yourself, think deeply of the world.
  22. 204 Echoing the thunder without an opinion of one's own.
  23. 207 The outcome of a contest belongs also to the hour.
  24. 212 Mountain path — something quietly moving: a wild violet.
  25. 221 A happiness about medium, I'd say — my own New Year.
  26. 223 Don't swat it! The fly wrings its hands, wrings its feet.
  27. 240 Drawing the water to one's own rice field.
  28. 242 Writing the praise of one's own painting.
  29. 255 Praising one's own miso.
  30. 261 Spring wind in a horse's ears.
  31. 288 Even in small things, a guide is desirable.
  32. 293 In the harvest-watch hut by the autumn fields, its rush roof loose, my sleeves grow wet with dew.
  33. 295 Yielding neither to the rain, nor to the wind.
  34. 296 A house that does not leak, meals that end hunger: that is enough.
  35. 301 I know only what is enough.