Sri Lankan
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When the mother dies the father becomes an uncle.
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If the devil is your godfather you will be welcome in hell.
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The bird that flies from branch to branch will end up getting drenched.
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For he who has the time even the jungle is a paradise.
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Wisdom can be found travelling.
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He who has studied himself is his own master.
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Desire never stops, it increases even after satisfaction.
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Our shadow will follow us.
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Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
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Don’t count on the chicken before they hatch.
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Sin is sin whether big or small.
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Use the small fish as bait to catch the bigger fish.
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Tell the defect to get more quantity.
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Don’t believe everything you hear, and don’t tell everything you believe.
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A good tongue is a good weapon.
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If the cow gives milk as a healthy food, why ask whether she is black or white?
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An enemy’s punishment is his envy.
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The more one has, the more one wants.
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You would do better to be someone’s victim rather than someone’s certainty.
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It’s the rain that fills the rivers not the dew.
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Only the cure you believe in cures.
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You can buy everything, except a father and a mother.
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The one who teaches is the giver of eyes.
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You cannot justify a crime by saying its very small crime.
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Faith in medicine makes it effective.
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A good husband might have a bad wife, and a bad wife might have a good husband.