Ancient Proverbs And Maxims From Burmese Sources; Or, the Nîti Literature of Burma
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People see the fault of others though big as a sessamum seed; their own, as large as a cocoa-nut, they do not notice. 349- An angry person does not know his own good — he does not understand his duty: when anger oppresses a man, thick darkness then assails him. 350. When anger arises in one, it destroys entirely, like a fire in a basket filled with clothes and ornaments. 109 The idea is from the Mahd- their virtues we write in water. "- bhdrata. Compare Shakespeare — Hemry VIII. " Men's evil ma...nners live in brass ; io8 NtTI LITERATURE OF BURMA. 351- Greed is the splinter of the mind, the robber of one's welfare ; ignorance is the ElLhu"" of the moon ; anger the fire that burns up the wealth of virtue. 352. A king is not satisfied with his wealth, a wise man with well-uttered discourse, the eye in seeing a lover, the ocean with its water. 353- A monk, if dissatisfied, is ruined ; a king if satisfied : a harlot is ruined if ashamed ; the daughter of a good family if not ashamed. 354- A king, the ocean, fire, a woman, an artisan, and a cove- tous man, — desires such as theirs should not be entertained by any one.
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