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“ ഇരുന്നുണ്ടവൻ രുചിയറിയാ, കിളച്ചുണ്ടവൻ രുചിയറിയും”
English Translation:
The one who eats in idleness knows not the taste of rice; he who digs the soil with a hoe knows its true sweetness. (Labor sweetens food; things earned by hard sweat carry a satisfaction inherited wealth never knows.)

“ എലിക്കു മരണവേദന, പൂച്ചക്കു വിളയാട്ടം”
English Translation:
For the mouse it is mortal agony; for the cat it is just playful sport. (What is cruel entertainment to the tyrant is life-and-death torment to the victim.)

“ കാട്ടുകോഴി വീട്ടുകോഴിയാമോ”
English Translation:
Can a wild jungle fowl ever truly become a domestic hen? (An inherently untamed or rogue disposition cannot be domesticated simply by changing its setting.)