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Why inquire of the road to 

 a place to which you do not 

 intend to go. 



The Cobra listens to the 

 voice of the charmer, but not the 

 rat snake. 



Better widowhood, to which 

 one is accustomed, than a 

 strange marriage. 



A certain advantage is prefer- 

 able to a doubtful one. 



Even though there is no 

 cobra in it, one is afraid of the 

 white ants' hill. 



Even the goat offers his beard, 

 when he sees a poor barber. 



Not that you cannot dance, 

 but that the ground is crooked ! 



Used when a man makes a 

 pretended excuse, concealing the 

 real cause of his failure. 



Don't awake sleeping chetahs. 



Is the poison less, because 

 the snake is small 1 



Even when a dancer misses 

 his step, it is a summersault. 



When the rat- snake saw 

 the Cobra expanding his hood, 

 he took up in his mouth a 

 broken piece of an earthen pot. 



Mimicking the great. 



Don't speak in Tamil with 

 which you are not acquaint- 

 ed, and bring disgrace on your 

 family. 



Don't trust a short man, 

 nor a low white ants' hill. 



Cunning is considered the cha- 

 racteristic of a man of low 

 stature. 



