Nepali proverb
चौटा खान गएकी बूढी झोलमा डुबेर मरी
Chauta khaana gayeki budi jhol maa dubera mari
Greed leads to even bigger losses
Nepali proverb
चकचके गोरुको चार ठाउँमा डाम, ठुलो माछो लड्यो समातेर खाम
Chak chake goru ko chaar thau maa daam, tholo maachho maryo samaatera khaam
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Chak chake goru ko chaar thau maa daam, tholo maachho maryo samaatera khaam
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Nepali proverb
जसको लाठी उसको भैंसी
Jasko lathi usko bhaisi.
Jo snagha srot sadhan xa uni mathi hunxa
Nepali proverb
जसको शक्ति, उस्को भक्ति
Jasko shakti, usko bhakti.
Jo sangha sakhti xa sabai usai ko jai jai kar garxan
Proverbs that share words with this one
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
General
आज मर्यो, भोलि ओखति
Aaja maryo, bholi okhati.
What's done is done, no use dwelling on the past
Awareness
आम्दानी चार आनाको खर्च बाह्र आनाको
Aamdani chaar aanaa ko kharchaa bahra aanaa ko.
One's earnings are insufficient to meet expenses
Comparison
आँपको आँप, कोयाको दाम
Aanp ko aanp, khoya ko daam
Don't expect the same treatment from others that you don't give them.
Adaptability
अघि हेर्नु चार हात, पछि हेर्नु बाह्र हात
Aghi hernu chaar haat, pachhi hernu bahra haat
It takes more effort to move forward & achieve something than to look back and dwell on the past
Nepali proverb
हग्ने बेलामा चक खोज्नु
hagne bela ma chak khojnu
antim samaya ma kehi garnu
Nepali proverb
कानो गोरुलाई औंसी न पूर्णिमा
Kano goru lai aunshi na purnima.
Kaam garna naparni manxe laie sabai din ek naas hunxa.