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“Tamil Proverb:
நிறையக் குறுணி வேண்டாம் தலை தடவிக் குறுணி கொடு.”
— "English Translation:
I do not want a kuruni heaped up, give me a kuruni of grain level with the brim.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நினைக்குமுன் வருவான் நினைப்பதும் தருவான்.”
— "English Translation:
He will come before you think of him, he will give what you intend applying for.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நினைத்த நேரம் நெடுமழை பெய்யுமா?”
— English Translation:
Will heavy rain fall as we may wish?,

“Tamil Proverb:
"நினைத்தது இருக்க நினையாதது எய்தும், நினைத்தது வந்தாலும் வந்து நேரும்.”
— ","English Translation:
When one thing is expected another may come, and that which is thought of may possibly come.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நிலம் கடக்கப் பாயலாமா?”
— English Translation:
Can you clear the earth at a leap?,

“Tamil Proverb:
நின்ற மரத்தில் நெடு மரம் போனால் நிற்கும் மரமே நெடுமரம்.”
— "English Translation:
When the lofty trees are felled, the remaining trees look tall.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நிலத்துக்கு ஒளித்துப் பரதேசம் போனதுபோல.”
— English Translation:
Like going to another country to escape from moonlight.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நின்ற வெள்ளத்தையும் வந்த வெள்ளம் கொண்டு போயிற்று.”
— "English Translation:
The flood that was, has been swept away by the flood that followed.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நிலை இல்லான் வார்த்தை நீர்மேல் எழுத்து.”
— English Translation:
The words of the unstable are letters on water.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நின்றாற்போல் விழுந்தால் தலை உடையும்.”
— "English Translation:
If you fall as you stand, your head will be broken.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நிலையிற் பிரியேல்.”
— English Translation:
Swerve not from rectitude.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நின்றால் நெடு மரம் விழுந்தால் பனைமரம்.”
— "English Translation:
When standing, a tall tree, when fallen, a palmyrah tree.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நாறற் சடலம் நலம் இல்லா மட்பாண்டம்.”
— "English Translation:
A fetid body, a useless earthen vessel.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நித்திரை சத்துரு.”
— English Translation:
Sleep is an enemy.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நாற்பது சென்றால் நாய்க்குச் சரி.”
— "English Translation:
Like a dog, if over forty.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நித்தியம் கிடைக்குமா அமாவாசைச் சோறு?”
— "English Translation:
May new moon fare be expected daily?The proverb refers to the ceremonies which are performed, at the period of the new moon, in honour of deceased ancestors. On these occasions the household eat only once during the day, but the food is of a superior kind and prepared with great care in cooking utensils that are kept for sacred purposes. If a brahman be present he offers oblations of sesamum grain and water to the manes of the dead, naming each in order as fur back as the third generation.In some parts of India ceremonies supposed to affect the state of the dead are performed no less than ninety-six times every year. The ceremonies of the Ancient Romans of like kind are hinted at by Virgil and Horace as is known to the classical student.",