Those eager to amass wealth regard neither priests nor relations; those eager to indulge lust feel neither fear nor shame; those eager in the pursuit of knowledge care not for comfort or sleep; those eager to satisfy hunger regard neither the flavour nor the cookery. (Sanskrit).

Those without a leader perish; those without a youthful leader perish; those without a female leader perish; those without many leaders perish. (Sanskrit).

To be the husband of a worthless woman, covering with a hole in the middle of it, a hired weaver-these three are the agony of death. (Assamese).

The Assamese cart is drawn by bullocks and covered with a kind of hood made of matting and held up by bamboo hoops.

To confer favours happily three things are necessary: -promptness, discrimination, and secrecy. (Arabian).

To feed the land before it gets hungry; to give it rest before it grows weary; to weed it well before it gets dirty-the marks of a good husbandman. (Gaelic).

To go safely through the world you must have the eye of a falcon, the ear of an ass, the face of an ape, the mouth of a pig, the shoulders of a camel, and the legs of a deer. (Italian, English).

To rise at five, dine at nine, sup at five, go to bed at ninemake a man live to ninety-nine.

(French).

Another French proverb says: "To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten-make a man live years ten times ten."

See Wit and Humour in Proverbs:

"Early

rising is the first thing that puts a man to the door."

We ask four things for a woman-that virtue dwell in her heart, modesty in her forehead, sweetness in her mouth, and labour in her hands. (Chinese).

When anger is repressed by reason of inability to do immediate harm, it retires into the heart in the form of malice and breeds these vices: Envy, triumph over the enemies, ill, repulsion of friendly approaches, contempt, slander, derision, personal violence, and injustice. (Arabian).

Who gains wisdom? He who is willing to receive instruction from all sources. Who is the mighty man? He who subdueth his temper. Who is rich? He who is content with his lot. Who is deserving of honour? He who honours mankind. (Hebrew).

Wishing for long life, one should eat facing the east; wishing for wealth, he should face the south; if he desire prosperity, he should eat facing the west; one should not eat facing the north. (Burmese).

With dancing and joy, moves the maggot; wriggling about to and fro, moves the worm: They dance, they rejoice, but the child of the Banabana is going to the wood farm. (Yoruba-West Africa).

"The Banabana is an insect that carries a bit of wood in its mouth, and this is an emblem of the poor who must fetch fuel from the farms. The proverb will thus mean-‘Others may amuse themselves, but the poor man has no holiday.' Richard F. Burton.

Without ascending the mountain, one cannot know heaven's height; without descending to the valley, one cannot know the earth's depth; without listening to the sayings bequeathed by a former king, one cannot know wisdom's greatness. (Chinese).

You should forsake a man for the sake of your family; you should forsake your family for the sake of your village; you should forsake your village for the sake of your country; you should forsake the earth for the sake of yourself. (Sanskrit).

ANIMAL PROVERBS

BEASTS

There is no beast so savage but it sports with its
mate. (Spanish).

The APE claspeth her young so long that at last she killeth them. (English).

ASSES sing badly because they pitch their voices too high. (German).

For every fruit consumed by a BAT a hundred are spoiled. (Tamil).

If the BANDICOOT could see behind her she would break her heart and die.

(Marathi).

If the BEAR will learn to dance he must go to school early. (German).

He feeds like a BOAR in a frank.

(English).

It will rain seventy times before a BUFFALO's horns will be wet.

(Tamil).

It is easy to threaten a BULL from the window. (Italian).

Are you to ask the BULLOCK before you put on the pack saddle? (Telugu).

A gude CALF is better than a calf o' a gude kind. (Scotch).

If the CAMEL gets his nose in the tent his body will soon follow. (Arabian).

He who plays with a CAT must bear its scratches.

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A COLT is worth nothing if it does not break its halter. (French).

A cow is not called dapper unless she has a spot. (Danish).

More beautiful than the eye of a DEER; more rapid than its speed. (Tamil).

Although a DOG may go to sea the water must be lapped. (Tamil).

If a DONKEY bray at you don't bray at him.

(English).

Only an ELEPHANT can carry an elephant's load. (Marathi).

The EWE that doth bleat doth lose the most of her meat.

(English).

The Fox goes at last to the shop of the furrier.

(Turkish).

The GOAT that climbs up the rocks must climb down again. (French Guyana—Creole).

In small woods may be caught large HARES. (Dutch, Danish).

HEDGEHOGS are not to be killed with a fist. (Portuguese).

A HOG that's bemired endeavours to bemire others. (English).

A golden bit does not make the HORSE any better. (Italian, German).

The GREYHOUND that starts many hares kills none. (Spanish, Portuguese).

Incredible news-a JACKAL gone on a pilgrimage. (Marathi).

When the tree falls the KID can climb it. (Louisianian Creole).

Death devours LAMBS as well as sheep. (English).

The LEOPARD is absent so they play with the cubs. (African).

The LION is not half so fierce as he's painted. (Spanish).

He that lacks my MARE may buy my mare.

(Scotch).

When MASTIFFS fight, little curs will bark.

(English).

(Chinese).

A MOLE can undermine the strongest rampart.

What need is there of a king in a country where there is no work, or of a MONGOOSE where there are no snakes? (Tamil).

A MONKEY never watches his own tail; he watches his neighbour's. (Mauritius Creole).

It is a bold MOUSE that makes her nest in the cat's ear. (Danish).

Cutting off a MULE's ears won't make him a horse. (Louisianian Creole).

Art thou worn out and become a MUSKRAT; hast thou cast thy horns? (Tamil).

The ox is never weary of carrying its horns. (Haytian Creole).

PIGS may whistle but they hae an ill mouth for't. (Scotch).

It is bad for PUPPIES to play with cub bears.

(Danish). RABBIT says: Drink everything, eat everything, but don't tell everything." (Martinique Creole).

He is in search of a RAM with five feet. (Italian).

Like excavating a mountain and catching a RAT. (Tamil).

Let ilka SHEEP hang by its ain shanks. (Scotch).

The full sow knows not the squeak of the empty one. (Welsh).