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“Telugu:
గొంతు కోశేవాడు కత్తి యేమారునా”
English Translation:
Will a cut-throat forget his knife ?

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
ఇంతమంది దొరలు చావకపోతే, నేను మాత్రము చస్తానా, నాకూ అక్కరలేదు అన్నాడ”
English Translation:
If so many great people don’t die, shall I alone die’! I don’t want it.Said by a man when unwillingly refusing to eat something because Velamas did the same.Never be ashamed to eat your meal.He that is ashamed lo eat is ashamed to live. (French.)

“Telugu:
ఉత్తర చూచి యెత్తర గంప”
English Translation:
Take up your basket [of seed] when you see [the sun in] Uttara.Uttara is one of the twenty-seven lunar mansions. When the sun is in Uttara there is invariably rain, and seed is then sown.Make hay while the sun shines.Know your opportunity. (Latin.)

“Telugu:
నా యింటికి నేనే పెద్దను, పిల్లికి పెట్టరా పంగనామము”
English Translation:
I am the head of my house, I order you to put a Panganamam on the cats face.(For Pangandmam sec N0. 73).)The folly of a mean man in power.