Sri Lankan Proverbs
Sayings of Sri Lankan origin Desire never stops, it increases even after satisfaction. If the devil is your godfather you will be welcome in hell. An enemy’s punishment is his envy. Faith in medicine makes it effective. If the cow gives milk as a healthy food, why ask whether she is black or white? You cannot justify a crime by saying its very small crime. He who has studied himself is his own master. You would do better to be someone's victim rather than someone's certainty. Only the cure you believe in cures. Don’t count on the chicken before they hatch. Tell the defect to get more quantity. Sin is sin whether big or small. You can buy everything, except a father and a mother. The bird that flies from branch to branch will end up getting drenched. When the mother dies the father becomes an uncle. Our shadow will follow us. Use the small fish as bait to catch the bigger fish. Wisdom can be found travelling. For he who has the time even the...