![IMAGE: To rob Peter to pay Paul. [To borrow from Peter to pay Paul. / To unclothe Peter to clothe Paul.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/paul-1158086_640.jpg)
人の［他人の］褌で相撲を取る。［借金で借金を返す。／舅の物で［酒で］相婿もてなす。］
/ (一方から取って他方へ与える［自分に役立てる］。)
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To rob Peter to pay Paul. [To borrow from Peter to pay Paul. / To unclothe Peter to clothe Paul.]
/ (To take from one person or thing to give to another.)
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/candle-1285146_640-100x66.jpg)
