This is A Little Slice of Joy for you on this day, Thursday December 12, 2024.

1. Chinese: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now."

2. Japanese: "Fall seven times, stand up eight."

3. Indian: "The tree does not bother about flowers that fall."

4. Korean: "Even monkeys fall from trees."

5. Vietnamese: "Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet."

6. Thai: "If you pick up one end of a stick, you also pick up the other."

7. Persian: "A stone thrown at the right time is better than gold given at the wrong time."

8. Filipino: "He who does not look back at where he came from will never get to his destination."

9. Chinese: "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."

10. Japanese: "A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle."

11. Indian: "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."

12. Korean: "A tiger’s stripes are on the outside, but a man’s are on the inside."

13. Vietnamese: "When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree."

14. Thai: "Do not let your shadow walk you."

15. Mongolian: "The first glass is for the guest, the second for enjoyment, the third for chaos."

16. Tibetan: "A hundred male and a hundred female qualities make a perfect human being."

17. Chinese: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

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