Khmer Proverbs (5)

Do not lie waiting for death or sit waiting to become rich; embarrassment of stupidity will bring knowledge, embarrassment of poverty will bring riches; knowing yourself as ignorant will make you wise; do not act as if dead before you have lived, live your life then die; associate with the learned, do not imitate those who are ignorant/evil.
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The last word in this proverb ("peal") means ignorant, immature, as well as evil. The word likely has a triple meaning because the Khmer associate ignorance and immaturity with inappropriate/evil conduct.

~http://www.khmerinstitute.org

More Khmer Proverbs:

http://cambodianbeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/10/khmer-proverbs-4.html

http://cambodianbeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/09/khmer-proverbs-3.html

http://cambodianbeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/09/khmer-proverb-2.html

http://cambodianbeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/09/khmer-proverbs-1.html