If a centipede loses a leg, it can still walk.
More Burmese Proverbs:
Dust does not rise because a dog-flea hops.Burmese
Do not bathe if there is no water.
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Worthless people blame their karma.
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Day will not break thanks to the cackling of the chicken.
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What is now top of the mast, will be firewood soon.
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A man with little learning is like the frog who thinks its pond is an ocean.
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