Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.

More Indian Proverbs

• 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.
• One and one sometimes make eleven.
• Pull someone by the ears and his head will follow.
• What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
• Love from someone who is bad is worse than his hatred.
• Where the needle goes, the thread follows.
• In a tree that you can’t climb, there are always a thousand fruits.
• A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
• The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
• True happiness lies in giving it to others.
• The spouse of a woman is a man, the spouse of a man is his livelihood.
• It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
• It is love that makes the impossible possible.
• There is no hand to catch time.
• There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person.
• I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.
• A fight in your neighbor’s house is refreshing.
• Ask thy purse what thou should buy.
• The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.