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“ മൊഴിമുട്ടുമ്പോൾ കൊഞ്ഞനം കാട്ടരുത്”
English Translation:
When words fail you, do not make mocking faces. (When defeated in reasoned argument, do not stoop to vulgar gestures and childish defiance to mask your lack of substance.)

“ ചെറുവിരൽ വിങ്ങിയാൽ പെരുവിരലോളം”
English Translation:
Even if the little finger swells up, it can grow only as large as the thumb. (The puffed-up arrogance or artificial inflation of a petty person can never truly surpass the baseline of the great.)

“ കള്ളുപീടികയിൽ നിന്നു പാലു കുടിച്ചാലും കളെളന്നെപറയൂ”
English Translation:
Even if you drink fresh milk inside a toddy tavern, everyone will swear you drank liquor. (Suspicious environments destroy reputation; innocent actions in disreputable places are always judged guilty.)