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“ കടം കൊടുത്താൽ ഇടവും കൊടുക്കണം”
English Translation:
If you lend money, you must also be prepared to surrender peace and goodwill. (Lending to acquaintances often costs both the principal and the relationship.)

“ ഓടാമ്പലും സാക്ഷായും കൂടെ എന്തിനു”
English Translation:
Why have both a sliding latch bolt and a heavy padlock hasp on the same door? (Redundant precautions; piling on unnecessary safeguards where one is more than enough.)

“ 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.)