(figuratively) being carefree and unaware of an imminent danger

three days ago

the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra

“a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds

a depressor septi nasi

World War I

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games

Behind one general's glory lie the remains of countless unsung heroes. Lit. While one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are decaying.

the events of today are destined by the past