Proverbs

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  1. puni88

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    Kannada proverb:
    'Kai kesaradare baye mosaru' == 'hard work pays off'
    'gidavagi baggaddu, maravagi baggithe' == 'when you can bend a plant, will tree bends?'
     
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    'Ikkaraikku akkarai pacchai'-------the other side is always green.
    maari allathu kaariam illai--------no rain, no grains
    inam inathtai serum-------Birds of the same feather flock together
    Haste makes waste.
    Pennywise pound foolish.

    sriniketan
     
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    Again Kannada proverbs:

    "Hallada kadege neeru harivudu" --- Money flows to the riches
    "hani hani gudidare halla" ---- Each penny counts
     
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    Famous sanskrit proverb:

    "KOOPA MANDUKA" : frog in the well
     
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    naan pudicha muyalukku moonu kaal---(the rabbit which I caught had only 3 legs..meaning people who feel...what they say is always right)
     
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    All is fair in love and war
    All that glitters is not gold
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away
     
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    hi Karuth.....it's French.

    a man is known by the company he keeps.
    a woman's work is never done.
    absence makes the heart grow fonder. ......how true...
     
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    irrukaaradha uttutu parakkarathukku aasai padathey(tamil)
    A bird in hand is better than two in the bush(English)

    (Tamil)Adingarathukku avala kanum pilla peru sita,rama,lakshmanan sonanan
    English(speaking abt higher levels without crossing level 1(only explanation)

    Arise,Awake,stop not till your goal is reached(Swami Vivekananda)

    failures are the stepping stones for success.

    An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
     
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    Dear latha ,
    Your proverb An apple a day keeps the doctor away.There is funny proverb in connection with it.
    "If the doctor is handsome,keeps the apple away"(Just for fun)



     

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