Indian ProverbsDefinitions

Admonishment is quickly heeded by the good man — one lash to a good horse, one word to a sensible man

Beauty will sit and weep, fortune will sit and eat.

Breath is the music of life.

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.

Contentment is a seed from which a harvest of peace is produced.

Death is the black camel that kneels before every door.

A Duty is that which is discharged.

God is an enemy to excess.

Haste is of the devil; only bad people run.