Persian Proverbs - page 5

He who sits waiting for his neighbor will go to bed hungry. (Persian Proverb)
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Crooked load will not get to the destination. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Don't borrow from a baby-boomer, if you borrow, don't spend it. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Life is like perpetual drunkenness, the pleasure passes but the headache remains. View proverb
Persian Proverb
A beggar will always be a beggar even if they give him the whole world as a gift. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Do well the little things now; so shall great things come to thee by and by asking to be done. View proverb
Persian Proverb
They don't count the teeth of a gift horse. View proverb
Persian Proverb
He who has only one enemy, meets him everywhere. View proverb
Persian Proverb
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. (Persian Proverb)
You don't put a wooden pot on the fire twice. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The doctor must heal his own bald head. View proverb
Persian Proverb
He eats sheep-tail with the wold, and cries with the shepherd. View proverb
Persian Proverb
I eat what others have planted and I plant what others want to eat. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The big drum only sounds well from a distance. View proverb
Persian Proverb
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The lack of gold only a headache. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The world is a rose: smell it and pass it on to your friends. View proverb
Persian Proverb
He has fallen off the donkey, but has found a date. View proverb
Persian Proverb
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth. (Persian Proverb)
If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would claim to be a king. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Get along with the village headman, plunder the village. View proverb
Persian Proverb
If you're a shoveler, shovel your garden first. View proverb
Persian Proverb
He doesn't see water, otherwise he is a skilled swimmer. View proverb
Persian Proverb
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