POLYGLOTTI

Let’s take the time to invite languages of the world to share sentences, locutions, proverbs or sayings, and see how far we can navigate through this wealth and the dialogue it favours…
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person with stick also with power


EN: Whoever owns the lathi eventually owns the buffalo.
FR: Celui qui possède le lathi finit par posséder le buffle.
HI: जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस (Jiski lathi uski bhains.)
EO: Li kiu posedas la lathi finas posedi la bubalon.

[HI] – « The one who has a power is always right » – The lathi is a long, heavy bamboo cane esp. used by Indian police as a batonstick. Meaning « Might is right ».

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