It’s easy to throw something into the river but hard to get it out again.
More Indian Proverbs:
It is hard for an ex-king to become a night watchman.Indian
Wash your hands in the flowing Ganges.
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Among the blind, the squint rules.
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Anger has no eyes.
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The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth.
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When the mother dies the father becomes an uncle.
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