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“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதை மயிர் பிடுங்கினால் இலாபம் என்ன நஷ்டம் என்ன?”
— English Translation:
What profit or loss will arise from plucking off the hair of an ass?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கள்ளனையும் வெள்ள அணையும் கட்டிவிடு.”
— "English Translation:
Secure a thief by tying, and a flood by damming it up.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதை மயிர் பிடுங்கித் தேசம் கட்டி ஆள்வானா?”
— English Translation:
Can one reign as a king by selling ass-hair?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கள்ளப் பிள்ளையிலும் செல்லப்பிள்ளை உண்டா?”
— English Translation:
Are there any indulged ones among the children of kallars?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதைக்குத் தெரியுமா கஸ்தூரி வாசனை?”
— English Translation:
Does an ass appreciate the odour of musk?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கள்ளனை ஆரு நள்ளார் என்றும்.”
— English Translation:
No one will ever approve of a thief.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதைக்குப் பரதேசம் குட்டிச்சுவர்”
— English Translation:
The foreign country of an ass is a ruinous wall.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கள்ளனுக்கு ஊரெல்லாம் விள்ளாப் பகை.”
— English Translation:
The whole country owes implacable hatred to a thief.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதை தப்பினால் குட்டிச்சுவரிடத்தில் இருக்கும்”
— "English Translation:
If an ass goes astray, it may be found near a ruinous wall.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதைப்பொதியில் ஐங்கல மாறாட்டமா?”
— English Translation:
Are there five kalams of fraud in the pack on an ass?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதை விட்டை ஆனாலும் கை நிரம்ப வேண்டும் என்கிறாய்.”
— "English Translation:
You say get a handful, although it be but ass dung.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுத்திலே கரிமணி இல்லை பெயர் முத்துமாலை.”
— "English Translation:
Her name is pearl necklace, yet on her neck she has not a black bead.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுவிக் கழுவிப் பின்னும் சேற்றை மிதிக்கிறதா?”
— English Translation:
What! is it to tread in the mud every time you wash your feet?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுவுக்கு ஏற்ற கோமுட்டி.”
— English Translation:
A kómutti exactly fitted to the stake.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்வியைப் பங்கு போட ஏலாது.”
— English Translation:
Learning cannot be allotted in portions-to persons:,

“Tamil Proverb:
கழுதையைக் கட்டி ஓமம் வளர்த்தது போல.”
— "English Translation:
Like tying an ass and feeding a sacrificial fire.This proverb relates to the following story. A certain Maharàja had a barber who had evinced great skill in shaving hie royal master when he was asleep. To reward him the King resolved to elevate him in the social scale. The brahmans were called and ordered to make a brahman of the barber. They set to work, kindled a sacred fire and the barber was led round it, whilst the priests uttered the required incantations for accomplishing their purpose.The prime minister being of a somewhat facetious temperament determined to metamorphose an ass. As the proverb intimates he kindled a fire and led the animal round it. When the King saw him thus engaged he asked him what he was doing. The prime minister replied by stating that if the brahmans could make a brahman of a barber he thought an ass might be made into a horse, and he was therefore engaged in the ceremony.",