299 Indian Proverbs / Page 2
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A house without children is a graveyard.22.
A lawyer's fee and a harlot's wages are paid in advance.23.
A lie has no author, nor a liar a conscience.24.
A lot of people become saints because of their stomach.25.
A man laughs at others and weeps for himself.26.
A man without a woman is only half a man.27.
A man without money is like a bow without arrows.28.
A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass.29.
A pearl is worthless as long as it is still in its shell.30.
A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.31.
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch -- both cannot be saved.32.
A rap on the ringed finger does not hurt.33.
A spoiled son becomes a gambler, while a spoiled daughter becomes a harlot.34.
A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.35.
A thief thinks everybody steals.36.
A viper without fangs is like a piece of rope.37.
After eating nine hundred rats, the cat is now going on a pilgrimage.38.
Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.39.
All that is not given is lost.40.
All the water in the sea doesn't even reach the knees of the man who fears not death.