Tamil Proverbs - India Quotes (English translation)

There is nothing called empty hands. You always have 10 fingers in it.

There is no downward journey for those who keep trying.

Desist from sinning, for, tomorrow an angry god of death may deprive you of applying the corrective by taking you into his fold.

She who cannot dance says the stage is imperfect.

If you keep hitting it, even the ammi will move.

Men of patience will rule the world.

There is only two divsion in the world one is man, and other is women.

Only when in the sun do you miss the shade.

Even a hungry tiger will not eat grass.

Will beauty feed you, or will fortune feed you?

Will he be afraid of blame, who is not afraid of committing murder?

Will the man who lies with his own mother regard any ties?

The wounds of fire would vanish with time but the wounds caused by words never.

A snake will know the tracks left by another snake.

Defeat defeat before defeat defeats you.

He stepped into the water without knowing its depth.

What won't bend at 5 will not bend at 50.

If the sugar-cane tastes bitter, the fault is in the mouth of the eater

Fire lasts only as long as it heats. The earth lasts only as long as it revolves. Man lasts only as long as he tries. You are man.

Pull a mountain by tying a hair to it. If you succeed you will get a mountain, if you lose you will lose a hair. There is no harm in trying.

One's own faults are an opportunity for others.

Even an ant, if it runs long enough, can wear out a rock.

Even a crow finds its own child precious.

A drunkard's words are gone by the next dawn.

A doctor only thinks of the profit he will get by the medicine he is preparing, the sick person only wonders whether it will cure him or not.

A fully filled pot does not spill.

Joy and grief are a whirling wheel.

Let me lose my respect; I am satisfied if I get fat.

Should one burn down one's house for fear of rats?

Good fortune and riches are never one man's share.

Like a cat putting on a rosary and teaching religion.

Make a wrong doer feel shy, by doing him a favour.

All that glitters is not gold.

A single tree will never make an orchard.

A thorn can only be removed with another thorn.

The beauty of the soul is known in the face.

Don't step in the river without knowing its depth.

Are you so blind as to run your head against a ruined wall?

Even elephants do slip.