“Telugu: కుంచములో కదుళ్లు పోశినట్టు”English Translation: Like pouring spindles into a corn measure.A noiseless operation. — Telugu Related Mantras “Telugu: చల్లకు వచ్చి ముంత దాచుకొన్నట్టు”English Translation: Coming to beg buttermilk and hiding the cup.Pride with poverty.Pride and poverty are ill met yet often together. “Telugu: ప్రసూతి వైరాగ్యము, పురాణ వైరాగ్యము, శ్మశాన వైరాగ్యము”English Translation: Three causes of transient repentance, viz., the pains of travail, the effects of preaching, and the sight of death.The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion.Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. “Telugu: ఇచ్చుడుకాడూ గాడు, చచ్చుడుకాడూ గాడు, పూట పూటకూ కూటికి వచ్చుడుగాడు”English Translation: He doesn’t pay, hang him, but he comes for every meal.Said by a cateress, of a customer who was more regular in his attendance than in his payments.