
No person above another, no person below another.
— Korean proverb; individual author and earliest origin unknown
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THE LIBRARY
Shared wisdom, with origins and meanings explored.

No person above another, no person below another.

People came before money, not money before people.

Burning a thatched house to catch a bedbug.

Afraid a breath will extinguish it or a touch will burst it.

Fanning a house already on fire.

Asked for fire, bringing water.

A married couple's quarrel is like cutting water with a knife.

Listen to your parents, and rice cakes may arrive even in your sleep.

The demanding child gets another spoonful of rice.

No strongman defeats every illness.

Even walls have ears.

Taking the liver out of a flea.

Even a flea has a face.

Following a friend to Gangnam.

The law is far away, but the fist is near.

Roasting beans in a flash of lightning.

Hearing a hundred times is less than seeing once.

The one who passed gas gets angry.