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Tamil Proverbs (1874)

“ The goddess of fortune, whose presence is a guarantee for happiness and prosperity, is said to dwell in the face of a horse of superior caste,-with the wise and good,-in all fragrant flowers,-in the tree of paradise that bestows whatever it’s votaries may desire,-in the beauty of a good and obedient wife,-in the ocean,-in the portal of a house when a marriage is being celebrated,-in a well governed country,-in grain,-in brilliant lamps and flaming torches,-in the words of the great,-with truth-speaking men,-in the arrows of Cupid,-and in vessels of milk. ”
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Tamil Proverbs (1874)

“ One grain destroying insect will consume a thousand grains of rice. ஆயிரம் காக்கைக்குள் ஒரு அன்னம் அகப்பட்டதுபோல. As a swan in the midst of a thousand crows. ஆயிரம் காக்கைக்கு ஒரு கல்லுப்போல. Like a single stone thrown at a thousand crows. ஆயிரம் கட்டு அண்டத்தைத் தாங்குமா. Can a thousand props support the universe? ஆயிரம் கட்டு ஆனைப்பலம். A thousand bonds may equal the strength of an elephant. ஆயிரம் சொன்னாலும் அவசாரி சமுசாரியாகாள். Though a thousand times admonished, a faithless woman will not become a faithful wife. ”
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Tamil Proverbs (1874)

“ Can he who will not pick a stone out of his rice, lift a buffalo out of the mud? சோற்றுக்கு வீங்கின நாயே, மாட்டுப் பொங்கலுக்கு வாயே. Thou dog, greedy of boiled rice, come to the January ox-festival. சோற்றுக்கு இல்லாத பூசணிக்காய் பந்தலிலே கட்டி ஆட்டவோ? Of what use is a pumpkin which will not be available for food, is it to be suspended to a pandal swing? சோற்றுச் சுவையோடு தொத்தி வந்த நொள்ளை. The blind that came drawn by the smell of rice. சோற்றுக்குக் கேடும் பூமிக்குப் பாரமுமாய் இருக்கிறான். He is a waste of rice, he is a burden to the earth. ”
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