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TAMIL PROVERBS.
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  1. (continuation from previous page)
    The preordinations of Brahma, as supposed to be written on the skull, are regulated by the actions of former births. An elaborate shaster on this subject was published in Calcutta upwards of forty years ago by a Native gentleman, a Rajah of great learning.
  2. தலையில் வரும் மயக்கம் சருவ மயக்கம்.
    When the head is crazed, all is wrong.
  3. தலையில் இடித்தால் தாழக் குனிவான்.
    He will learn to stoop when the lintel strikes his head.
  4. தலையும் தலையும் பொருதினால் மலையும் வந்து பொறுக்கும்.
    When one head fights with another, the mountains will come to bear them up.
  5. தலையை நனைத்து ஆச்சுது, கத்தியும் வைத்து ஆச்சுது.
    The head has been already wet, the razor has been already applied.
  6. தலையோடு போகிறது தலைப்பாகையோடு போயிற்று.
    That which would have gone with the head has gone with the turban.
  7. தலைவன் நிற்கத் தண்டு நிற்கும், தலைவன் மயங்கச் சர்வமும் மயங்கும்.
    While the general is firm his army is so, but if the chief is perplexed all are so.
  8. தலை வலிக்குத் தலை அணையைத் தானே மாற்றிப் போட்டாற்போல.
    As if one changed his pillow to cure head-ache.
  9. தலைவன் சொற் கேள், நன்னெறி தவறேல்.
    Obey your superior, deviate not from the path of rectitude.
  10. தலைவெட்டிச் சமுத்திரமேற் போடலாமா?
    May the head be severed and put on the sea?
  11. தவசே அணிகலன், தாழ்மையே மேன்மை.
    Austerity is an ornament, humility is honourable.
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