A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

More Indian Proverbs

• 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.
• He that is bald headed has no need for a comb.
• Every dog is a tiger in his own street.
• Poverty destroys all virtues.
• If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
• Don’t eat your bread on someone Else’s table.
• You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
• To give jewels to a donkey is as stupid as giving a eunuch to a woman.
• To loan is to buy troubles.
• A man without a woman is only half a man.