ProverbPedia

“Tamil:
அகதி சொல் அம்பலம் ஏறாது.”
“English Translation:
The word of the destitute does not reach the assembly.An assembly of learned men or men in power. The words of the poor, whether they relate to oppression, or to other injuries, or to opinion, are not likely to find admission where alone they can avail.”,

“Tamil:
உதர நிமித்தம் வெகு கிர்தவேஷம்.”
English Translation:
Divers disguises for the sake of the belly.,

“Tamil:
“குங்குமக் கோதைக்கு அஞ்சு பணம், குருட்டுக் கண்ணிக்கும் அஞ்சு பணமா?”
“,”English Translation:
The donation to the perfumed dame being five fanams, is five fanams to be assigned to the blind woman also?”,