ProverbPedia

“Tamil:
அரிது அரிது அஞ்செழுத்து உணர்தல்.”
“English Translation:
It is difficult indeed to comprehend the purport of the five letters.The famous five lettered incantation called the மூலமந்திரம் as being the foundation of all spiritual wisdom and all religion, and the means prescribed and proper for obtaining emancipation from births and all the evils thereunto belonging, and union with the supreme.”,

“Tamil:
உதைப்பானுக்கு வெளுப்பான் சாதிவண்ணான்.”
English Translation:
He that washes for him who kicks him is a first-rate washerman.,

“Tamil:
“வாழ்ந்த மகள் வந்தால் வண்ணத் தடுக்கு இடு, கெட்ட மகள் வந்தால் கிழிந்த தடுக்கு இடு.”
“,”English Translation:
When the daughter who lives in affluence pays a visit, let be be seated on a fine mat; when she who is reduced to poverty comes, seat her on an old mat.”,