Nepali proverb
हरेस खाए नि चरेस नखानु
Hares khaaye ni charesh nakhaanu.
It's okay to idulge in bad habits but never give up on your life or the thing you are pursing
Nepali proverb
हत्केलामा तोरी उम्रदैन
Hatkela ma tori umradaina
How to read it
Hatkela ma tori umradaina
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हर्रो नपाउनेले जाईफल को धाक
Harro napaune le jaifal ko dhaak
One who doesn't even posses a small thing of value, faunting even a bigger thing of much greater value
Nepali proverb
हलेदो भन्ने थाहा पाएपछि कोट्याउनु पर्दैन
Hadelo bhanne thaahaa paaye pachhi kotyaunu pardaina.
If you know the person, you won't need the details
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.
Timing
अनिकालको तोरी, सहकालको जौं
Anikaal ko tori, sahakaal ko jau
Doing things at the opportune moment
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बारी न विरुवा नौ मुरी तोरी
Baari na biruwaa nau muri tori.