If you don’t have a brain, join the army; if you don’t have rice, use beans instead.
More Burmese Proverbs:
A stupid act entails doing the work twice over.Burmese
A hero only appears once the tiger is dead.
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The strings of the harp must be not too tight, and not too slack.
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The more you know, the luckier you get.
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It is as difficult to win love as it is to pack salt in pine needles.
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The learned are apt to be taciturn.
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