A thousand years against one hour. That's the strange arithmetic at the heart of this Japanese proverb, and it's worth pausing on.

The Japanese proverb ‘a single moment of shame can outlive years of pride’ is a counsel of awareness that the world remembers our worst moments far longer than it celebrates our…

A thousand years against one hour. That's the strange arithmetic at the heart of this Japanese proverb, and it's worth pausing on.