By joining the tail to the trunk one makes up the whole elephant.
More Indian Proverbs:
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.Indian
The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.
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Better lie than gossip.
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Dig a well every day to drink water every day.
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It's easy to throw something into the river but hard to get it out again.
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He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows: he breathes but does not live.
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