Indian Proverbs (394 Proverbs)


  • Pearls are of no value in a desert.
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  • 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.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • If you can't give any sugar then speak sweetly.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • He who has come through the fire will fade in the sun.
    (Indian Proverb)


  • Fish and guests smell when they are three days old.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • You cannot separate water by beating it with a fork.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Where there is a glut of words, there is a dearth of intelligence.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • What is sport to the boy is the death of the bird.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The water from the river becomes salty when it reaches the ocean.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of Hell.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The beggar is not afraid of the drawbacks of being rich.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Only two things matter in this world: a son and a daughter.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Man is like a bubble of water on the ocean.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • It is hard for an ex-king to become a night watchman.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • 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.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Where the sun shines, there is also shade.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • 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.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The hot sun melts away the snow; when anger comes, does wisdom go.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Only the hunchback himself knows how he can lie comfortably.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Love is a crocodile in the river of desire.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • It is easy to forget a kindness, but one remembers unkindness.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • If a man's heart be impure, all things will appear hostile to him.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • He who dreams for too long will become like his shadow.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • You can only lean against that which resists.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • 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.
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  • The tree casts its shadow on everything, even upon the woodcutter.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The heart at rest sees a feast in everything.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Love from someone who is bad is worse than his hatred.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • 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.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • He who does not climb, will not fall either.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Every man is the guardian of his own honor.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • We are both queens, so who will hang out the laundry?
    (Indian Proverb)

  • There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
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  • The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The hands of a lawyer are always in someone's pocket.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • One of the two partners always bites the best part of the apple.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.
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  • It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • IF you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is included.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • He who answers is inferior to the one who asks the question.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Every dog is a tiger in his own street.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • You can never enter the same river twice.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • When you are in difficulty, go to the house of your friend -- not your sister's.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • War is to a man what bed is to a woman.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • There is enmity between to dig and to let dig.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The tip of a finger cannot be touched by itself.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The grown-up pays attention to what you are doing; the child sees beyond that.
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  • Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.
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  • One man's house burns so that another may warm himself.
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  • Life is like the flame of a lamp; it needs a little oil now and then.
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  • It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.
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  • If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight.
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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.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • You can convince an ignorant man easily you can convince a wise man more easily. But a man who knows a little and thinks himself to be perfect, not even Brahma can convince.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Undeserved punishment is better than that which is deserved.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The thief that is not caught is a king.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • The greatest hero is one who has control over his desires.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not done.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • One man's beard is on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • Life is like a lamp flame; it needs a little oil now and then.
    (Indian Proverb)

  • It is a greater gift to give than to receive.
    (Indian Proverb)


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