299 Indian Proverbs / Page 15
- 141. Justice is better than admiration If you are going to kill, then kill an elephant; if you are going to steal make sure it's a treasure.
 - 142. Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
- 143. Large desire is endless poverty.
- 144. Learning is a treasure no thief can touch.
- 145. Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.
- 146. Life is like the flame of a lamp; it needs a little oil now and then.
- 147. Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.
- 148. Love from someone who is bad is worse than his hatred.
- 149. Man is like a bubble of water on the ocean.
- 150. Man loves his own mistakes.
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