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“ കുടത്തിൻവായി കെട്ടാം, മനുഷ്യവായി കെട്ടിക്കൂടാ”
English Translation:
You can tie shut the mouth of a pot, but you can never tie shut the mouth of a human being. (It is impossible to muzzle public gossip or stop tongues from wagging.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഒരുത്തനായാൽ ഒരുത്തിവേണ്ടെ, പിന്നെവേണ്ടെ, പിന്നെവേണ്ടെ”
English Translation:
If there is a man, must there not be a woman, and then children, and then ever more? (Life’s progression inevitably brings expanding family responsibilities and escalating commitments.)

“ പട്ടാൽ തിരിയും പറയനുക്കു”
English Translation:
Only when struck with a blow does the laborer understand. (Coarse, stubborn temperaments grasp lessons only through painful, direct consequences rather than reasoned advice.)

“ കുറിച്ചി വളർന്നാൽ ആവോലിയാമോ(യൊളം)”
English Translation:
Even if a tiny Kurichi fish grows, can it ever match a pomfret? (A coarse, common thing cannot match prime quality no matter how much it expands.)