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.
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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.
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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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