EN: thing
FR: chose
ZH: 事物 (shìwù)
JA: 物 (mono)
IT: cosa
DE: Ding
ES: cosa
RU: вещь (veshch')
EO: afero

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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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