299 Indian Proverbs / Page 14
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Weeping washes the face.262.
What does the blind man know of the beauty of the tulip?263.
What good is giving sugar to the dead?264.
What is sport to the boy is the death of the bird.265.
What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.266.
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain only then judge his height.267.
When a crow is killed by a storm, the fortuneteller says, "He died by my curse."268.
When a woman laughs an experienced man will know how much it will cost him.269.
When an elephant is in trouble, even a frog will kick him.270.
When money is not a servant it is a master.271.
When the bed breaks, there is the ground to lie on.272.
When the sculptor is dead his statues ask him for a soul.273.
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.274.
When you are in difficulty, go to the house of your friend -- not your sister's.275.
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.276.
When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks.277.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.278.
Where the needle goes, the thread follows.279.
Where the sun shines, there is also shade.280.
Where there is a glut of words, there is a dearth of intelligence.