<!-- script to select a random asian saying
var proverb = new Array()
proverb[0]="The go-between wears out a thousand sandals";
proverb[1]="Vision without action is a daydream; Action without vision is a nightmare";
proverb[2]="A frog in the well doesn’t know the big sea";
proverb[3]="If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow";
proverb[4]="If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain";
proverb[5]="If you kick a stone in anger you will hurt your foot";
proverb[6]="If you would rise in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity";
proverb[7]="It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness";
proverb[8]="Beginning is easy; continuing, hard";
proverb[9]="A big tree attracts the gale";
proverb[10]="A single arrow is easily broken; a bundle of ten is not";
proverb[11]="Adapt the remedy to the disease";
proverb[12]="Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart";
proverb[13]="At high tide, fish eat ants; at low tide, ants eat fish";
proverb[14]="Carve the peg by looking at the hole";
proverb[15]="Control your emotions or they will control you";
proverb[16]="Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own";
proverb[17]="Depend on your walking stick; not on other people";
proverb[18]="Difficulties make you a jewel";
proverb[19]="Don't buy other people's problems";
proverb[20]="Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut";
proverb[21]="Even a sheet of paper has two sides";
proverb[22]="Even children of the same mother look different";
proverb[23]="Even monkeys fall out of trees";
proverb[24]="Even the best song becomes tiresome if heard too often";
proverb[25]="Fools and scissors require good handling";
proverb[26]="Forethought is easy, repentance is hard";
proverb[27]="Four horses cannot overtake the tongue";
proverb[28]="Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat forever";
proverb[29]="Going beyond is as bad as falling short";
proverb[30]="Little is spent with difficulty, much with ease";
proverb[31]="Nice words are free, so choose ones that please another's ears";
proverb[32]="No sleep, no dreams";
proverb[33]="Not everything you hear is good for talk";
proverb[34]="Nothing is impossible to the willing mind";
proverb[35]="Once the rice is pudding, it's too late to reclaim the rice";
proverb[36]="One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade";
proverb[37]="Poetry moves heaven and earth";
proverb[38]="Postpone today's anger until tomorrow";
proverb[39]="Put off for one day and ten days will pass by";
proverb[40]="Sleeping people can't fall down";
proverb[41]="Sun is good for cucumbers, rain for rice";
proverb[42]="Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it";
proverb[43]="The apple doesn't fall far from the tree";
proverb[44]="The bad plowman quarrels with his ox";
proverb[45]="The blind person is not afraid of ghosts";
proverb[46]="The blocks of wood should not dictate to the carver";
proverb[47]="The contented person can never be ruined";
proverb[48]="The day you decide to do it, is your lucky day";
proverb[49]="The hardest person to awaken is the person already awake";
proverb[50]="The hero appears only after the tiger is dead";
proverb[51]="The higher you climb, the heavier you fall";
proverb[52]="The human tongue is more poisonous than a bee's sting";
proverb[53]="The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems";
proverb[54]="The one who teaches is the giver of eyes";
proverb[55]="The prudent embark when the sea is calm - the rash when the sea is stormy";
proverb[56]="The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes";
proverb[57]="There is no hand to catch time";
proverb[58]="Never forget benefits done you, no matter how small";
proverb[59]="Unjustly got wealth is snow sprinkled with hot water";
proverb[60]="Vanity blossoms but bares no fruit";
proverb[61]="Virtue is not knowing but doing";
proverb[62]="Wealth is both an enemy and a friend";
proverb[63]="We learn little from victory, much from defeat";
proverb[64]="What you cannot avoid, welcome";
proverb[65]="What you do to others will bear fruit in you";
proverb[66]="When strict with oneself, one rarely fails";
proverb[67]="When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy";
proverb[68]="When the moon is full, it begins to wane";
proverb[69]="When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come";
proverb[70]="When you drink water, remember the mountain spring";
proverb[71]="When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out";
proverb[72]="When you say one thing, the clever person understands three";
proverb[73]="Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles";
proverb[74]="Worldly prosperity is like writing on water";
proverb[75]="You cannot carve rotten wood";
proverb[76]="You can't buy an inch of time with an inch of gold";
proverb[77]="You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo tube";
proverb[78]="Good medicine tastes bitter in the mouth";
proverb[79]="Poke around in a bush and a snake will come out";
proverb[80]="A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean";
proverb[81]="The hawk with talent hides its talons";
proverb[82]="Even an excellent swimmer can get carried away by the river";
proverb[83]="Rained on ground hardens";
proverb[84]="Piled specks of dust become a mountain";
proverb[85]="Fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch";


var origin = new Array()
origin[0]="Japanese";
origin[1]="Japanese";
origin[2]="Japanese";
origin[3]="Chinese";
origin[4]="Chinese";
origin[5]="Korean";
origin[6]="Chinese";
origin[7]="Chinese";
origin[8]="Japanese";
origin[9]="Chinese";
origin[10]="Japanese";
origin[11]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[12]="Korean";
origin[13]="Thai";
origin[14]="Korean";
origin[15]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[16]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[17]="Japanese";
origin[18]="Japanese (on adversity)";
origin[19]="Chinese (on buying and selling)";
origin[20]="Korean (on common sense)";
origin[21]="Japanese (on differences)";
origin[22]="Korean (on differences)";
origin[23]="Japanese Proverb";
origin[24]="Korean (on art and creativity)";
origin[25]="Japanese (on foolishness)";
origin[26]="Chinese (on discretion)";
origin[27]="Chinese (on gossip)";
origin[28]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[29]="Chinese (on balance and moderation)";
origin[30]="Thai (on buying and selling)";
origin[31]="Vietnamese (on courtesy and respect)";
origin[32]="Korean (on rewards and consequences)";
origin[33]="Japanese (on gossip)";
origin[34]="Books of the Han Dynasty";
origin[35]="Indonesian (on time and timeliness)";
origin[36]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[37]="Japanese (on art and creativity)";
origin[38]="Tagalog (Filipino on anger)";
origin[39]="Korean (on idleness)";
origin[40]="Japanese (on caution and care)";
origin[41]="Vietnamese (on appropriateness)";
origin[42]="Korean (on vigilance)";
origin[43]="Asian Proverb";
origin[44]="Korean (on criticism)";
origin[45]="Burmese (on courage and fear)";
origin[46]="Maori (on art and creativity)";
origin[47]="Chinese (on conscience)";
origin[48]="Japanese (on luck)";
origin[49]="Tagalog (Filipino on vigilance)";
origin[50]="Burmese (on cynicism)";
origin[51]="Vietnamese (on pride)";
origin[52]="Vietnamese (on criticism)";
origin[53]="Maori";
origin[54]="Tamil (Asian Indian on education)";
origin[55]="Maori (on prudence)";
origin[56]="Chinese (on permanence and change)";
origin[57]="Bengali (Asian Indian on time and timeliness)";
origin[58]="Vietnamese";
origin[59]="Chinese (on greed)";
origin[60]="Nepalese (on vanity and arrogance)";
origin[61]="Japanese (on character and virtue)";
origin[62]="Nepalese (on wealth and poverty)";
origin[63]="Japanese (on success and failure)";
origin[64]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[65]="Singhalese (on generosity)";
origin[66]="Confucious";
origin[67]="Chinese (on health and wellness)";
origin[68]="Japanese (on permanence and change)";
origin[69]="Chinese Proverb";
origin[70]="Chinese (on gratitude)";
origin[71]="Chinese (on adversity)";
origin[72]="Chinese (on wisdom)";
origin[73]="Korean (on gossip)";
origin[74]="Telagu (Asian Indian on wealth and poverty)";
origin[75]="Chinese";
origin[76]="Chinese (on time and timeliness)";
origin[77]="Japanese (on basic truths)";
origin[78]="Japanese";
origin[79]="Japanese";
origin[80]="Japanese (on perspective)" ;
origin[81]="Japanese (on opportunity)";
origin[82]="Japanese (on mistakes)";
origin[83]="Japanese (on adversity)";
origin[84]="Japanese (on success)";
origin[85]="Japanese";

var choice=Math.round(Math.random()*(proverb.length-1));
//document.write(proverb[choice]);
//document.write(origin[choice]);
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