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Malayalam Proverb:
സം സം സം സം സം സം സം സം സം സം കാലത്തു തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ തൈ വെച്ചാൽ ആ ആ ആ ആ ആ ആ ആ ആ ആ ആ കാലത്തു കാ കാ കാ കാ കാ കാ കാ കാ കാ കാപറിക്കാം (തിന്നാം)
English Translation:
If during the sowing season you diligently plant sapling after sapling, then in the harvest season you can pluck and feast upon fruit after fruit. (Rigorous, disciplined preparation and investment during youth guarantee an abundant, comfortable harvest in mature age.)

Malayalam Proverb:
സമുദ്രത്തിൽ മുക്കിയാലും പാത്രത്തിൽ പിടിപ്പതെവരൂ
English Translation:
Even if dipped into the vast ocean, a vessel can bring back only its own measure. (A person's inner capacity dictates what they can absorb; boundless abundance cannot benefit someone beyond the limits of their own receptivity.)

Malayalam Proverb:
സത്യംവിട്ടു കളിക്കരുതു
English Translation:
Never play around by departing from the truth. (Integrity is not a game; compromising honesty for short-term advantage invites eventual moral and practical collapse.)

Malayalam Proverb:
സത്യത്തിനെന്നും പതിനാറു
English Translation:
Truth is forever sixteen years of age. (Truth possesses ageless vitality and eternal youth; uncorrupted reality never withers, decays, or loses its lustre.)

Malayalam Proverb:
സത്യത്തിനു കാലുനാലുണ്ട്
English Translation:
Truth stands upon four sturdy legs. (Truth is balanced, grounded, and unshakeable on solid foundations, whereas falsehood has no leg to stand on.)

Malayalam Proverb:
സങ്കടസമയം നേർന്നതു സൗഖ്യംവന്നാൽ മറക്കും
English Translation:
What was devoutly vowed in times of agony is forgotten once health and ease return. (Human ingratitude; fervent promises and vows made during crises are casually discarded the moment safety is restored.)

Malayalam Proverb:
സങ്കടകോഴിക്കു പണമൊന്നു
English Translation:
For a chicken sold in distress, a single copper coin. (Exploiting another's desperation to purchase valuable assets for a pittance; distress sales yield bottom prices.)

Malayalam Proverb:
ശ്വാവിന്റെവാൽ പന്തീരാണ്ടു കുഴലിൽ ഇട്ടാലും എടുക്കുമ്പോൾ വളഞ്ഞിരിക്കും
English Translation:
Even if a dog's tail is kept inside an iron tube for twelve years, it emerges just as curved as before. (Inherent crookedness cannot be straightened; deeply ingrained vices and constitutional flaws resist every attempt at reform.)

Malayalam Proverb:
ശ്വായദിക്രിയതെരാജാ സകിംനാശ്നാത്യപാനഹം
English Translation:
Even if a dog is crowned king, will it ever stop gnawing on leather sandals? (A base, corrupt nature cannot be reformed by titles or high office; a scoundrel in power will still indulge in vulgar appetites.)

Malayalam Proverb:
ശ്രേഷ്ഠത്വമുള്ളവൻ ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ
English Translation:
He who possesses true moral excellence is the genuine elder brother. (True seniority and stature are earned through character, nobility, and wisdom, not mere chronological birth order.)

Malayalam Proverb:
ശ്രീമാൻ സുഖിയൻ മുടിയൻ ഇരപ്പൻ
English Translation:
The prosperous builder, the pleasure-seeking heir, the reckless squanderer, and the destitute beggar. (The four-generation cycle of fortunes: earned by the founder, enjoyed by the son, wasted by the grandson, leaving the great-grandson to beg.)

Malayalam Proverb:
ശൂർപ്പണഖയെപോലെ
English Translation:
Like Surpanakha. (A brazen, shameless, and vengeful troublemaker who stirs up monumental strife when her desires are thwarted.)