299 Indian Proverbs / Page 3
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Always be well dressed, even when begging.42.
An adder with its poisonous fangs taken out is nothing more than a piece of rope.43.
An arch never sleeps.44.
An old patient is better than a new doctor.45.
Anger ends in cruelty.46.
Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.47.
As day break, the glowworms say "We've lit up the world!"48.
Austerity is an ornament, humility is honorable.49.
Be bad to the bad; good to the good; be a flower to other flowers and a thorn to other thorns.50.
Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark.51.
Be first at the feast, and last at the fight.52.
Be like a camel -- carrying sweets but dining on thorns.53.
Be peaceful yet vigilant -- a sheep will bite someone without a stick.54.
Better cross-eyed than blind.55.
Better lie than gossip.56.
Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work.57.
Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.58.
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.59.
Blaw the wind ne'er so fast, it will lower at last.60.
Blind men have no need to walk.