Persian Proverb
Persian Proverb
carpet hole man wise
The wise man sits on the hole in his carpet
knowledge knows proverbs unless
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.
respect rose wants
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
man met until
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
bitten fears piece proverbs snake
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.
jump knows risk six stream ten wide
Risk - If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.
apply common common-sense learning pound pounds proverbs requires ten
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
heart tongue whatever
Whatever is in the heart will come up to the tongue
debt four proverbs
There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.
break jelly misfortune moves proverbs teeth tide
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth