.No. 23. — 1881,] SINHALESE PROVERBS. 17 



182. Gqsa <?q& 182. When one blow fol- 

 <52S)oo) <^ (53(3035 C5D®2dcs8. l° ws another, even the grind- 



ing-stone will begin to move. 



183. £S5)8 ^C03(38 €>c^8 183. You must say < one ' 

 2i^o5255(52$5. before you (can) say ' two. 5 



" Home was not built in a day." 



184. e*5) »^&32S30 184. They say that if you 

 C3i 255^3 ®, qon Z5)6(&25)0 ©CK)3 jump into a well on one 

 €)e£dO provocation, even ten provo- 



" cations will not enable you 



to get out of it. 



Difficulties increase with 

 anger. 



185. cSg330 ^5)3g 185. Although the bridge 

 €3(3 c3c2<^ ? be washed away, will the ferry 



go too ? 



All hope is never lost. 



186. €®dfa6d 186. Though a cat be taken 

 £35 6)^(33 ^©sSocaS. to Europe, it will cry fldw- 



naw (mew- mew).* 



187. a^^O ^oC^ed ©C3o0 187. When it(good fortune 1 ) 

 ®ed©ed 68, oS^)^q) ?^3te)o comes, it comes along a wire; 



sag) gad3co8. when breaks even 



^ °- ropes or hemp. 



In prosperity slight efforts 



succeed; in adversity even the 



highest fail. 



188. 23SD03, 188. The cobra will bite 

 45D8e03S 2^0455 S)£D©d. (y ou ) whether (you) call (it) 



Nay a (cobra) or Nayihdmi. 

 (Sir Cobra). 



189. ^So03q) q?^§#) ^ 189. Like a fowl caught 

 2§5<g,D 03(301 by a jackal. 



190. ^)(5o33 8o&>#)3<3 655 (§3 190. Like the jackal that 

 sWcsf. imitated the roar of a lion. 



191. ^32^o33®i©^^f^ 191. The old man does not 



»z, ^03^ ©8*ri@tf>«J die ' nor is the bed available 



(for others). 



Coelum, non animutn, mutant qui trans mare currunt. 



