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Go Proverbs
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Go proverbs summarize wisdom in easy-to-remember phrases. The proverbs apply surprisingly often and are regularly used in game comments.

But be warned: Although proverbs often can help, one must always evaluate whether or not they apply in a particular situation. Often there's more than one proverb which applies. Sometimes they are even contradictory. Therefore, one proverb says Don't follow proverbs blindly. Common sense must still be used.

Proverbs for all situations

Life-and-death proverbs

Technical proverbs

Strategy proverbs

Military proverbs

Meta Proverbs

Other proverbs (that may apply to Go)

  • Rice eaten in haste chokes.
  • If you want to catch a tiger, you have to go into a tiger's cave.
  • Though the heavens fall, there will be a hole to escape through.
  • Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.
  • Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand.
  • When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
  • You can't win a fight without attacking
  • It's all in the mind
  • Fear stops the anxious

Links to more Go proverbs

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