03-11-2024, 05:08 PM
(03-11-2024, 04:29 PM)Polident wrote: “There’s a Japanese proverb…”
There isn’t.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6lpuiq/for_a_samurai_to_be_brave_he_must_have_a_bit_of/
Quote:Before I go into the details of who said what when, I'll be clear that the "proverb" is probably completely made-up, no one in Japan seems to have heard of it, and it has its roots in racist anti-Asian and anti-black writings.