Dokdo, Islander

I like Japanese anime and manga so much. However, I have no choice but to say "No Takeshima, but Dokdo," because truth is truth.

- Islander

Name, Basque Proverb

Aberats izatea baino, izen ona hobe.
Translation: It's better to have a good name than to be rich.

- Basque Proverb

The Basque language (called Euskara by the Basque language speakers or Basques themselves) is the oldest language in Europe, the only non Indo-European language that survived after the administration of the Roman Empire spread throughout our continent. It is spoken by about one million people in the seven provinces of the Euskal Herria, that is, in North East Spain and South West France. No relationship between Basque and any other language has been established with certainty. The alphabet used for Basque employs Roman letters. The first printed book in Basque appeared in the 16th century. Basque is both agglutinative and polysynthetic.

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English equivalent

¶ A good name is the best treasure.

Hope, Armenian Proverb

Արևն ամպի տակ չի մնայ:
Transliteration: Arevn ampi tak chi mna.
Translation: The sun won't stay behind the cloud.

- Armenian proverb

Meaning: The truth won't stay hidden and will come out.
Književnost. 1986.

English equivalent: A lie has short legs.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Armenian_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Proverbs

Advice, Aramaic Proverb

If you steal from a thief, you also have a taste of it.

- Aramaic Proverb

Just because someone steals, you have no right to rob them. (Talmud Bavli, Berakoth, 5b)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aramaic_proverbs

Time, Thousand Character Classic

尺璧非寶寸陰是競。

- 千字文

Jade has a price but time is priceless.

- Thousand Character Classic (千字文)

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From

千字文 (Thousand Character Classic)

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Reference

¶ 少年易老学难成，一寸光阴不可轻。(朱憙)
The young become old soon. It takes a lot of time to learn something. We must not waste any time. [Zhu Xi (朱憙, 1130-1200)]

¶ Time is money.(Western Proverb)

¶ You may delay, but time will not. (Benjamin Franklin)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Character_Classic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AThousand_Character_Classic

Friend, Arabic Proverb

Any wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend.

- Arabic proverb

Quoted in Carol Bardenstein, Translation and Transformation in Modern Arabic Literature:The Indigenous Assertions of Muḥammad 'Uthmān Jalāl, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005, p. 66.

Arabic proverb: Proverbs from all Arabic speaking parts of the world.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arabic_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Proverbs