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“Telugu:
తప్పులు వెతికేవాడు తండ్రి, ఒప్పులు వెతికేవాడు వోర్వలేనివాడు”
English Translation:
The man who seeks out your faults is a father, but he that seeks for what is good in you is an envious person.You may be more thankful to the fault finder than to the good natured.

“Telugu:
చూచినది పాము, కరచినది మామిడి తెంక”
English Translation:
What he saw was a snake, that which hit him was a mango stone.After seeing the snake, he had trodden on a split mango stone which nipped his toe.Flabbergasted with fright.

“Telugu:
పిల్లిని చంపిన పాపము నీది, బెల్లము తిన్న పాపము నాది”
English Translation:
You take the sin of killing the cat, I’ll take the sin of eating your molasses.Said by s stingy Komati to a Brahman priest to whom he had presented the cheapest possible ofl‘ering that would expiate the sin he had committed by killing a cat, viz., a little image of a cat made of molasses, which he afterwards was greedy enough to take back again and swallow.