9 Sanskrit Proverbs
1. ![A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
2. ![All we can hold in our cold dead hands is what we have given away.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
All we can hold in our cold dead hands is what we have given away.
3. ![Dharma, when protected, protects.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Dharma, when protected, protects.
4. ![He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows. He breathes, but does not live.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows. He breathes, but does not live.
5. ![If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.
6. ![If you forsake a certainty for an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
If you forsake a certainty for an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.
7. ![If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.
8. ![Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.
9. ![Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to This Day.. Sanskrit Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to This Day.