Quotes from Burmese Proverb

In time of test, family is best.

Worthless people blame their karma.

A man of little learning deems that little a great deal; a frog, never having seen the ocean, considers its well a great sea.

A swan is out of place among crows, a lion among bulls, a horse among asses, and a wise man among fools.

Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.

By a husband wealth is accumulated; by a wife is its preservation.

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.

Parents? affection is best shown by their teaching their children industry and self-denial.

Suffering is the necessary consequence of sin, just as when you eat a sour fruit a stomach complaint ensues.

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.

Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old.

Too much talk will include errors.

In time of test, family is best.