Burmese ProverbsDefinitions

Desire is counterproductive — Great desire obtains little.

The Guest is best not to overstay their welcome — seven days is the length of a guest’s life.

Honesty pays in the end — The dishonest starve, the honest eat their fruit.

Ignorance is more troublesome than poverty.

Moderation is medicine, excess is peril.

Money is like a flea ; it skips away, here a moment, then where it has gone, who can say ?

The Parent is the the first teacher of children.

Patience is everything. Desire for haste is delay.

Possession is full of concern but its opposite is not good either — He who has, worries; he who has not, longs.

Property is guarded by luck.