Telugu proverbs

Proverbs from all Telugu speaking parts of the world. __NOTOC__ Quotes in Telugu A అనువుగాని చోట నధికుల మనరాదు Transcription: Anuvugāni chōṭa nadhikula manarādu In an unsuitable place we should not assert our superiority Nearest English equivalent: There's a time and place for everything. M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/A_Collection_of_Telugu_Proverbs_translat%281%29.pdf 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 8 అంత్య నిష్టురముకన్నా ఆది నిష్టురమే మేలు Transcription: Antya niṣṭuramukannā ādi niṣṭuramē mēlu Annoyance at the beginning is better than annoyance at the end M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Telugu_Proverbs/rBo3AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA3 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 3 అంధునకు అద్దము చూపినట్టు Transcription: Andhunaku addamu cūpinaṭṭu Like giving a blind man a looking glass. M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Telugu_Proverbs/rBo3AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA4 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 4 అంబలి తాగేవారికి మీసాలు ఎగబట్టేవారు కొందరా Transcription: Ambali tāgēvāriki mīsālu egabaṭṭēvāru kondarā Do people that live on porridge keep men to hold up their mustaches ? M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Telugu_Proverbs/rBo3AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA4 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 4 D డబ్బులేని వానికి బోగముది తల్లి వరస. Transcription: ḍabbulēni vāniki bhōgamudi talli varasa. A harlot is as a mother to a man without money. English equivalent: Something beyond the reach of a man’s means. M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration http://books.google.com/books?id=oJw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA141 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 173 G గుడ్డివాడెరుగునా కుందనపు చాయ. Transcription: guḍḍivāḍerugunā kundanapu cāya Can a blind man discern the color of pure gold? English equivalent: A blind man should not judge of colours. "An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned." M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration http://books.google.com/books?id=oJw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA141 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 141 K కొండ నాలుక కు మందు వేస్తే, ఉన్న నాలుక ఊడిందంట Transcription: Konda naaluka ku mandhu vesthe, unna naaluka oodindhanta. When he applied medicine to the uvula, it took out the whole tongue. English equivalent: The remedy is often worse than the disease. Carr 1868 A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained Christian Knowledge Society's Press N నక్క యెక్కడ, దేవలోకమెక్కడ. Transcription: nakka yekkaḍa, dēvalōkamekkaḍa. Where is the jackal? where is heaven? English equivalent: What prospect has the jackal of entering heaven? "A hopeless idea." M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration http://books.google.com/books?id=oJw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA141 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 216 R రేపు అనే రోజు వున్నదా. Transcription: rēpu anē rōju vunnadā Is there a day called tomorrow? English equivalent: Tomorrow comes never. "There’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams." Aung San Suu Kyi, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, Strasbourg, 22 October 2013 M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration http://books.google.com/books?id=oJw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA325 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 325 He is no friend that eats his own by himself and mine with me. "Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years." Richard Bach, Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977) Carr M. W. A Collection of Telugu Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=rBo3AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA140 1868 Printed and sold at the Christian knowledge society's Press 140 H టతానననక ఆాజxత (Every man) thnks the world like himself. English equivalentː Don't measure others by your own yardstick. Carr Mark William A Collection of Telugu Proverbs: Translated, Illustrated, and Explained Together with Some Sanskrit Proverbs Printed in the Devanagari and Telugu Characters https://books.google.com/books?id=VnUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA383 1868 978-81-206-0261-8 383 60 Category:Indian proverbs Category:Proverbs by language