One blow of the blacksmith is worth a hundred taps of the goldsmith.
50+ Best Indian Proverbs Quotes & Wishes
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Updated: October 2026
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A bad dancer blames the courtyard floor.
The cow and the tiger do not drink at the same bank.
Do not give a sword to a madman.
Stretch your legs only as far as your blanket reaches.
He who plants a coconut tree plants shade and food for his grandchildren.
A man's anger is his own worst enemy.
Even an elephant can slip.
Do not promise when you are happy, and do not answer when you are angry.
There is no greater disease than hunger.
A man's honour is like a glass bangle: once broken, it cannot be joined.
A man without money is a bow without an arrow.
He who has a good friend needs no mirror.
To the man blinded by the monsoon, everything looks green.
Hunger is the best pickle.
He who heeds only the stick will not listen to words.
The guilty thief turns and scolds the watchman.
A homemade chicken is valued no more than lentils.
He makes a hole in the very plate from which he eats.
The snake dies, but the stick does not break.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
He dug up a mountain, and out came a mouse.
A garland of pearls is wasted on a monkey.
A grain of cumin in a camel's mouth is nothing at all.
The washerman's dog belongs neither to the house nor to the riverbank.
A dog's tail can never be straightened.
Do not play the flute before a buffalo.
After eating nine hundred mice, the cat sets out on a pilgrimage.
Drop by drop, the pitcher fills.
The guilty man has a straw in his beard.
A bracelet on the wrist needs no mirror to prove it is there.
Living in the water, do not quarrel with the crocodile.
Do a good deed and cast it into the river.
Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.
Do not expect sweet fruit from a bitter neem tree.
Do not put the cart before the bullock.
The tree laden with fruit bends low.
A spoken word and a shot arrow can never return.
Do not teach a fish to swim.
He who has eaten your salt owes you his loyalty.
Never put a knife in a monkey's hand.
He who rides in two boats at once will drown.
The guest is God.
What does a monkey know of the taste of ginger?
Learning is a wealth that no thief can steal.
The sandalwood perfumes even the axe that cuts it.
A thief believes that everybody steals.
Big fish eat small fish.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
The elephant has passed; only its tail remains.