ail MALAY PROVERBS. 



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JUfa ^z(Za a da -1 ah semut. 

 " Where there is sugar, there are ants." Kl. 63. 

 Where food is to be got, or money to be made, there people will always 

 congregate. 



Cf. Lalat chaharl pvru. " The fly seeks the sore." Where the carcase is, 

 there will the eagles be gathered together. 



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 Ada-kali oyer yang penoh dalam tong itu ber-kochak me-lain-kan ayer 

 gang sa-tengah long itu jug a yang ber-kochah. 

 " Will water which fills a bucket shake about? It is the half* 

 ' filled bucket which is unsteady." Kl. 79. Hk. Ab. 108. 



Really learned men make no noise, but only thos'e who are moderately 

 instructed. 



The proverb is more familiarly quoted as follows : — 



Ayer yang jpenoJi M-'dala/m tongitu tiada her-TiOcJiak, me-lain-kan yangsa- 

 tengah tongjuga. 



Ada-lcah deri-pada telaga yang jernih itu me iig-alir ayer gang Tceroli. 

 '■ Can muddy water come from a clear well? " Kl. 5. 

 From a good man, nothing but good can proceed. Hk. Ab. 400. 



Ada-kali duri di-per-tajam. 

 " Does one sharpen the thorns ? " 



If a person is thoroughly vicious already, what more is there to Deach him 

 in that line ? 



Ada-pun anjing itu jihalau di-pukul sa -kali-pun her-ulang-ulang juga 

 iya hapada tampat yang haniak tulang itu. 

 " Notwithstanding blows, a clog will always come back to the 

 "• place where there are plenty of bones." 



One always comes back to where one"s real interests lie. 



