Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark.

More Indian Proverbs

• Every one looking downwards becomes impressed with ideas of his own greatness, but looking upwards, he feels his own littleness.
• Alertness and courage are life’s shields.
• There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth.
• A man without a woman is only half a man.
• The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts.
• They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.
• A monkey that amuses me is better than a deer astray.
• A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
• Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
• The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth.
• Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.
• Greed is the root cause of sorrow.
• Only two things matter in this world: a son and a daughter.
• Any water in the desert will do.
• If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
• A hundred divine epochs would not suffice to describe all the marvels of the Himalaya.
• The money you dream about will not pay your bills.
• Speak like a parrot; meditate like a swan; chew like a goat; and bathe like an elephant.
• Poverty makes thieves, like love makes poets.
• A guilty conscience is a hidden enemy.
• Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.
• When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks.
• A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
• Pearls are of no value in a desert.
• Faith keeps the world going.
• One finger can’t lift a pebble.
• Consult the wise and do not disobey him.