" Still, he’s a wary bird, and thinks aright, ‘ The better part of valour is discretion ; ‘ So if you come too near, he takes to flight, With pompous gravity beyond expression.
FOTO – BILAMBIL COTTAGE AT LINDEN LEA 2008.
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A little dog, a cow with horns, and a short man are generally proud. (Danish).
He cannot afford rice-gruel, yet he (drinks) toddy ! Extravagance in a drunkard.
Your eyes are full of intoxicating wine. You increase their power by applying antimony. Stupid ! Does any one ever place a weapon in the hands of a drunkard ?
A fool thinks of his belly only.
First eat (lit. put inside you) four mouthfuls, then think of deities and ancestral heroes.
BIHAR PROVERB
foto – bilambil 2008
"Behar Proverbs, Classified and Arranged According to Their Subject-matter"
THE OLD PROVERBIAL RECOVERY 