பேராசை பெரு நஷ்டம்
Peraasai peru nashtam
Meaning
Excessive greed, in the end, brings only great loss.
Story
A farmer owned a goose that laid one gold egg every day. Impatient for more, he cut it open hoping to find all the gold at once. He found nothing inside - his greed had destroyed the steady fortune he already had.
Reader's Note
Learn to value what you already have, and greed for more won't be the thing that ruins it.