ProverbPedia

“ കണക്കു പറഞ്ഞാൽ കഞ്ഞിക്കു പറ്റില്ല”
English Translation:
If you insist on rigid accounting, you will not have enough to brew simple porridge. (Hyper-exacting calculation destroys the spirit of hospitality and mutual goodwill.)

“ എള്ളിൽവീണ ഒച്ചുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a snail that has fallen into a heap of sesame seeds. (Paralyzed and thoroughly entangled, unable to move without getting bogged down further.)

“ മെത്ത മേൽ കിടന്നാൽ വിദ്യയുണ്ടാകയില്ല”
English Translation:
Lounging upon a soft mattress will never yield true learning. (Knowledge and mastery demand austere self-discipline, sleepless toil, and hard sacrifice; luxury and indolence breed ignorance.)