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Proverbs from all Thai speaking parts of the world.

กระต่ายหมายจันทร์
- Transliteration: Kra-tie' mai jhun.
- Translation: A rabbit aims for the moon.
- English equivalent: Don't stretch your arms more than your sleeves can reach.
- Meaning: Don't aim at the impossibilities; get grounded.
- Winitchaikun (1987). Rattanakōsin. Bamrung Sān.

กันไว้ดีกว่าแก้
- Transliteration: Gan wy dtee gwaa gae.
- Translation: Preventive measure is better than curative measure.
- English equivalent: An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
- Dāo tǣm din. Suwīriyāsān. 1994. p. 553.

ความลับไม่มีในโลก
- Transliteration: Kwan lub mai mee nai loke.
- Translation: There are no secrets in the world.
- English equivalent: There is nothing hidden that will not become public.
- Meaning: There is no such thing as secret; try not to hide what can't be hidden.
- Thō̜ranin (2009). 12 ไม้เด็ดสูตรสําเร็จข้าราชการ. Inspire. p. 88.

นานาจิตตัง
- Transliteration: Na na jit tung.
- Translation: All sorts of mind.
- English equivalent: There is no accounting for taste.
- Meaning: Everyone to his taste; up for grasp.
- ทําอย่างไรจะปราศจากโรคและชะลอความชรา. นานมีบุคส์พับลิเคชั่น. 2007. p. 38.

เพื่อนกินหาง่าย เพื่อนตายหายาก
- Transliteration: Pheuuan gin haa ngaay pheuuan dtaay haa yaak.
- Translation: Friends for a meal are easy to find, friends until end of life are difficult to find.
- Meaning: It is easy to find good-weather friends in good times but hard to find real friends who stand by you in all situations of life.
- English equivalent: A friend in need is a friend indeed; A friend is known in adversity, like gold is known in fire.
- English equivalent: Remember man and keep in mind: A faithful friend is hard to find.
- พลอยแกมเพชร. Bō̜risat Sīsārā. 2009. p. 98.

เสน่ห์ปลายจวักผัวรักจนตาย
- Transliteration: Saneh bplaay jawak phuaa rak john dtaay.
- Translation: A husband loves the charm of the ladles tip until dying.
- English version: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
- Meaning: When a wife cooks well the husband will love her until the end of life.
- Wētchāchīwa (1991). ʻAnusō̜n ngān phrarātchathān phlœ̄ng sop Nāi SērīWētchāchīwa, Mō̜. Pō̜. Chō̜., Mō̜. Wō̜. Mō̜. na mēn nāphlapphlāʻItsariyāphō̜n, Wat Thēpsirintharāwāt, wan thī20 Mokkarākhom Phō̜. Sō̜. 2534. Wētchāchīwa Family. p. 58.

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 * กระต่ายหมายจันทร์
-** Transliteration: Kra-tie' mai jhun
+** Transliteration: ''Kra-tie' mai jhun.''
 ** Translation: A rabbit aims for the moon.
 ** English equivalent: Don't stretch your arms more than your sleeves can reach.
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 * กันไว้ดีกว่าแก้
-** Transliteration: Gan wy dtee gwaa gae
+** Transliteration: ''Gan wy dtee gwaa gae.''
 ** Translation: Preventive measure is better than curative measure.
 ** English equivalent: An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
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 * ความลับไม่มีในโลก
-** Transliteration: Kwan lub mai mee nai loke
+** Transliteration: ''Kwan lub mai mee nai loke.''
 ** Translation: There are no secrets in the [[world]].
 ** English equivalent: There is nothing hidden that will not become public.
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 * นานาจิตตัง
-** Transliteration: Na na jit tung
+** Transliteration: ''Na na jit tung.''
-** Literal: All sorts of mind.
+** Translation: All sorts of mind.
 ** English equivalent: There is no accounting for taste.
 ** Meaning: Everyone to his taste; up for grasp.
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 * เพื่อนกินหาง่าย เพื่อนตายหายาก
-** Transliteration: pheuuan gin haa ngaay pheuuan dtaay haa yaak
+** Transliteration: ''Pheuuan gin haa ngaay pheuuan dtaay haa yaak.''
-** Literal: Friends for a meal are easy to find, [[friends]] until end of [[life]] are difficult to find
+** Translation: Friends for a meal are easy to find, [[friends]] until end of [[life]] are difficult to find.
 ** Meaning: It is easy to find good-weather friends in good times but hard to find real friends who stand by you in all situations of [[life]].
-** English version: A [[friend]]  in need is a [[friend]] indeed.
+** English equivalent: A [[friend]] in need is a [[friend]] indeed; A friend is known in adversity, like gold is known in fire.
-** English version: Remember [[man]] and keep in mind: A faithful friend is hard to find.
+** English equivalent: Remember [[man]] and keep in mind: A faithful friend is hard to find.
 ** {{cite book | last1 =  | year = 2009 | title = พลอยแกมเพชร | publisher = Bō̜risat Sīsārā | page = 98}}
 * เสน่ห์ปลายจวักผัวรักจนตาย
-** Transliteration: saneh bplaay jawak phuaa rak john dtaay
+** Transliteration: ''Saneh bplaay jawak phuaa rak john dtaay.''
-** Literal: A husband loves the charm of the ladles tip until dying.
+** Translation: A husband loves the charm of the ladles tip until dying.
-** Meaning: When a wife cooks well the husband will [[love]] her until the end of [[life]].
 ** English version: The way to a man's [[heart]] is through his stomach.
+** Meaning: When a wife cooks well the husband will [[love]] her until the end of [[life]].
 ** {{cite book | last1 = Wētchāchīwa | year = 1991 | title = ʻAnusō̜n ngān phrarātchathān phlœ̄ng sop Nāi SērīWētchāchīwa, Mō̜. Pō̜. Chō̜., Mō̜. Wō̜. Mō̜. na mēn nāphlapphlāʻItsariyāphō̜n, Wat Thēpsirintharāwāt, wan thī20 Mokkarākhom Phō̜. Sō̜. 2534 | publisher = Wētchāchīwa Family | page = 58}}