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TELUGU PROVERBS.

847. చదివినవాని కన్నా చాకలవాడు నయము.

A washerman is better than an educated person.
The washerman, though illiterate, invariably distinguishes the clothes belonging to different people by putting certain marks on them, but many of the educated cannot discern between good and evil.

848. చదివేది రామాయణము, పడగొట్టేవి దేవస్థలాలు.

He reads the Ramayana, and knocks down temples.
(See No. 941.)
Much religion, but no goodness.

849. చదువు మా యింట లేదు, సంధ్య మా వంశాన లేదు.

There is no learning in my house, nor performance of Sandhya in my family.
Said by an uneducated and irreligious Brahman.

850. చద్దికంటే వూరగాయ ఘనము.

The best part of the cold food is the pickle.

851. చద్దికూడు తిన్నమ్మ మొగుడి ఆకలి యెరగదు.

The wife who has eaten breakfast [at home] does not think of her husband’s hunger.
Little knows the fat sow what the lean one means.
The full belly does not believe in hunger. (Italian.)[1]

852. చద్ది తెచ్చుకున్న బ్రాహ్మణుడా భోజనము చెయ్యి.

O Brahman! if you have brought food, eat it.
Said to a selfish man who bores others by talking everlastingly of his own concerns.

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  1. Corpo satollo non crede al digiuno.