Favourite Go Proverbs?

[Bonobo]

I followed Herman's advice, read the book and came up with this one:

Don't start a fight for no good reason.

Oh well, being angry or being bored have always been good bad reasons for me

[Elom]

"Two brothers shouldn't fight the same road"

Weiqi, making the world a better place on proverb at a time!

Another favourite has to be:

"Get strong at removing you're own liberties"

Also, "Get strong at killing you're own stones" has helped me to improve.

(Note: while not technically a Go proverb, "a piece of wood cannot fight back against a punch" can be quite useful to Go beginners)

[Pio2001]

Don't wreste with pigs. You will both get dirty, and the pig will love it.

[Bonobo]

Don't wreste with pigs. You will both get dirty, and the pig will love it.

I know this one, but how would you relate it with Go?

There’s a similar one: “Don’t fight with idiots — they will pull you down to their level and beat you with their experience” (or something like that)

And I think you wanted to write “wrestle”

Also, nothing like a nice mud fight with a swinish friend

[John Fairbairn]

It's not a proverb but this axiom applies to about 99% of all amateur moves so seems to deserve a place:

"This must be the best move because he's bound to answer it."

My favourite proper proverb is "If you have six groups, one will die."

[Javaness2]

There is a barge in the river

[Fedya]

Russian has the proverb "Measure seven times, cut once," which wasn't coined in reference to go, but certainly fits.

[HermanHiddema]

My favourite proper proverb is "If you have six groups, one will die."

But of course "Six die, eight live", so if you do find yourself with six groups, try to make two more!

[Nyanjilla]

My favourite proper proverb is "If you have six groups, one will die."

With the follow-up of: "...but with luck your opponent won't know which one it is."

[Bantari]

My favorite one: When in doubt, tenuki.
There is a kind of zen wisdom in that, I find.

[Bill Spight]

My favorite one: When in doubt, tenuki.
There is a kind of zen wisdom in that, I find.

You're welcome.

[Bill Spight]

Don't go fishing when your house is on fire!

Get out the marshmallows instead.

[Bki]

I personally like "Strange things happens at the 1-2 points".

[Bantari]

My favorite one: When in doubt, tenuki.
There is a kind of zen wisdom in that, I find.

You're welcome.

You came up with that? Lol...
My hat off to you! This *is* the best proverb, I think.

[DrStraw]

My favorite one: When in doubt, tenuki.
There is a kind of zen wisdom in that, I find.

You're welcome.

You came up with that? Lol...
My hat off to you! This *is* the best proverb, I think.

The converse is "If the opponent tenukis, doubt your last move."