It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.

More Indian Proverbs

• Don’t eat your bread on someone else’s table.
• Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey.
• Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
• Great minds discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people.
• Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not done.
• To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion.
• The money you dream about will not pay your bills.
• Use medicine as well as prayers.
• Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark.
• Complaining is the weak man’s weapon.
• A dog always bites under the knee.
• Pearls are of no value in a desert.
• Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa.
• Advice sharpens a rusty opinion.
• Patience is the most beautiful prayer.
• Believe what you see and not all you hear.
• To quarrel with a man of a good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.
• You may look up for inspiration or look down in desperation but do not look sideways for information.
• A man without money is like a bow without arrows.
• A house without children is a graveyard.
• A friend advises in his interest, not yours.
• Deceive me about the price but not about the goods.
• Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water.
• When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
• Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist.
• He who has a true friend, has no need of a mirror.
• Learning is a treasure no thief can touch.