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“Telugu:
పోయినది వర, వుండేది కత్తి”
English Translation:
That which is gone is the Scabbard, that which remains is the sword.”” He who is dead is nothing to his successor.”” ( Brown.)

“Telugu:
చేసేవి శివపూజలు, చెప్పేవి అబద్ధాలు”
English Translation:
His employment is the worship of Siva, but his words are lies.A hypocrite.Much praying, but no piety.Beads about the neck and the devil in the heart.

“Telugu:
తొండకు వెలుగు సాక్షి”
English Translation:
The bear is witness for the bloodsucker orThe hedge is witness for the bloodsucker.According to the first interpretation, a band of Mahomedan freebooters, when seeking on one occasion to discover treasure which had been buried by the inhabitants of a plundered village, having perceived first a chameleon nodding on certain spots and afterwards a bear sniffing in the same places, spent much labour in digging up the earth, but all in vain.—-The application is that natural habits are not to be taken notice of.According to others, the hedge where the chameleon lives should be questioned as to the latter’s veracity and character,—-the application being that the evidence of one man should be corroborated by that of another.Ask my chum if I am a thief. (Italian)