Indian Proverbs (394 Proverbs)
- It is only in your coffin that you sleep really well.
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- If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.
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- He who loves drives a nail into his heart.
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- For the first five years of your son's life treat him as a prince, for the next ten years as a slave, then as a friend for the rest of his life.
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- You have to believe in gods to see them.
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- Where there is sunshine, there is also shade.
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- When a camel is at the foot of a mountain only then judge his height.
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- Though the snake be small, it is still wise to hit it with a big stick.
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- The wise must be respected, even when the advice they give is not suitable.
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- The money you dream about will not pay your bills.
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- The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra.
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- One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil.
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- Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey.
(Indian Proverb)
- It is love that makes the impossible possible.
(Indian Proverb)
- If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.
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- He who is a guest in two houses, starves.
(Indian Proverb)
- Follow the river and you will get to the sea.
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- You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.
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- Where there is no honey, we have to make do with treacle.
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- What nectar can be drunk with the ears? Good advice.
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- They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.
(Indian Proverb)
- The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
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- The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.
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- The beggar who asks for crumbs gets more than the one who asks for bread.
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- Pearls are of no value in a desert.
(Indian Proverb)
- Many dogs kill a hare, no matter how many turns it makes.
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- It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
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- If you can't give any sugar then speak sweetly.
(Indian Proverb)
- He who has come through the fire will fade in the sun.
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- Fish and guests smell when they are three days old.
(Indian Proverb)
- You cannot separate water by beating it with a fork.
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- Where there is a glut of words, there is a dearth of intelligence.
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- What is sport to the boy is the death of the bird.
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- They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others.
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- The water from the river becomes salty when it reaches the ocean.
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- The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of Hell.
(Indian Proverb)
- The beggar is not afraid of the drawbacks of being rich.
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- Only two things matter in this world: a son and a daughter.
(Indian Proverb)
- Man is like a bubble of water on the ocean.
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- It is hard for an ex-king to become a night watchman.
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- If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries.
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- He who has a true friend, has no need of a mirror.
(Indian Proverb)
- You cannot cook one half of the chicken and leave the other lay eggs.
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- Where the sun shines, there is also shade.
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- What good is giving sugar to the dead?
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- These three take crooked ways: carts, boats, and musicians.
(Indian Proverb)
- The voice of the poor has no echo.
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- The hot sun melts away the snow; when anger comes, does wisdom go.
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- The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's.
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- Only the hunchback himself knows how he can lie comfortably.
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- Love is a crocodile in the river of desire.
(Indian Proverb)
- It is easy to forget a kindness, but one remembers unkindness.
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- If a man's heart be impure, all things will appear hostile to him.
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- He who dreams for too long will become like his shadow.
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- Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny.
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- You can only lean against that which resists.
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- When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks.
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- What does the blind man know of the beauty of the tulip?
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- These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.
(Indian Proverb)
- The tree casts its shadow on everything, even upon the woodcutter.
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- The heart at rest sees a feast in everything.
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- The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
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- Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
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- Love from someone who is bad is worse than his hatred.
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- It is better to walk than to run; it is better to stand than to walk; it is better to sit than to stand; it is better to lie than to sit.
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- If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
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- He who does not climb, will not fall either.
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- Every man is the guardian of his own honor.
(Indian Proverb)
- Among the blind, the squint rules.
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- First God, then the white man.
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- No strength within, no respect without.
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- Service is greatness.
(Indian Proverb)
- There is no hand to catch time.
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- An arch never sleeps.
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- Friendly words are convincing.
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- No sunshine but hath some shadow.
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- Sleep after selling horses and elephants.
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- To loan is to buy troubles.
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- Anger ends in cruelty.
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- Garlic is as good as ten mothers.
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