Persian Proverbs - page 9

One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life. (Persian Proverb)
One spark is enough to burn a hundred worlds. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The blind man is laughing at the bald head. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The dog is a lion in his own house. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The guard's sleep is the lamplight of the thief. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The lack of gold only a headache. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The lover who gives you her body but not her heart is generous with thornless roses. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The mud that you throw will fall on your own head. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The pleasure of finding something is worth more than what you find. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The public improves the speaker's speech. (Persian Proverb)
There are three kinds of enemy: the enemy himself, the friends of your enemy, and the enemies of your friends. View proverb
Persian Proverb
There is water in the jug, and we're going around thirsty. View proverb
Persian Proverb
These words won't become a loose skirt for Fati. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son. View proverb
Persian Proverb
What my heart wanted didn't happen -- What God wanted, that happened. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Whatever I disliked, happened to me. View proverb
Persian Proverb
When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter. View proverb
Persian Proverb
When the water goes uphill, the frog sings AbuAta. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Who has not had a taste longs to do so, but for whom has tasted then the longing is a hundred times more. View proverb
Persian Proverb
You became full by eating, it won't happen by licking. (Persian Proverb)
You can close the city gates but not the mouths of men. View proverb
Persian Proverb
You can't push on a rope. View proverb
Persian Proverb
You can't put an old head on young shoulders. View proverb
Persian Proverb
You can't put new wine in old bottles. View proverb
Persian Proverb
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