9 sayings with source references.
Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.
Suffering is the necessary consequence of sin, just as when you eat a sour fruit a stomach complaint ensues.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 147
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Parents' affection is best shown by their teaching their children industry and self-denial.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 154
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He who is full of faith and modesty, who shrinks from sin, and is full of learning, who is diligent, unremiss, and full of understanding--he, being replete with these seven things, is esteemed a wise man.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 227
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A swan is out of place among crows, a lion among bulls, a horse among asses, and a wise man among fools.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 237
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By a husband wealth is accumulated; by a wife is its preservation.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 401
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A man of little learning deems that little a great deal; a frog, never having seen the ocean, considers its well a great sea.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 504
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Women's wealth is beauty, learning, that of men.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 509
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The worth of a horse is known by its speed, the value of oxen by their carrying power, the worth of a cow by its milk-giving capacity, and that of a wise man by his speech.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 533
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Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 60
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