Eastern Proverbs And Emblems Illustrating Old Truths

ind by a little rain. Malabar.?Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. Cingalese.?Provocation is a stone cast at a cobra. Japan.?The cracked will break, i.e., people at variance waiting for an opportunity to split. Arab.?The highest government is governing anger. Talmud.?Passions are like iron thrown into the furnace, as long as it is in the fire you can make no vessel out of it. Malay.?Smouldering like burning chaff, i.e., nourishing resentment. Modern Greek.?The rancour of a camel is unforgiving. Caste. Honour all Men.?i Pet. 2. 17. Telugu.?The elephant is an elephant whether on high ground or low. Canara.?Does a light in the house of a low caste man not burn? Turk.?White or black, a dog remains a dog. Veman.?Why should we constantly revile the Pariah ? Are not his flesh and blood the same as our own ? And of what caste is He who pervades the Pariah as well as all other men ? Acts 17. 26. Persian.?Contemn no one. Eegard him who is above thee as thy father ; him who is thine equal as thy brother ; and him who is below thee as thy son. Bengal.?Why not a squirrel instead of a cat, if it catch mice? Ceremonialism.?Mat. 15. 20. China.?He sought his own ass, though he was sitting on it. Prabodly Chandroday.?If funeral oblations nourish the deceased, why is not the flame of an extinguished taper renovated by pouring on oil ? I Kings 18. 26. Veman.?Those who mortify their bodies, calling themse...