Persian Proverb
Persian Proverb
catch enemies hand snake
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
knowledge knows proverbs unless
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.
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.
cat mouse ruined
When the cat and the mouse agree, the grocer is ruined
beat child later
Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast
equal inferior manners proverbs superior treat
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son.
covered earth leather tis wears
Tis the same to him who wears a shoe, as if the whole earth were covered with leather
corrupt teacher
If the teacher be corrupt, the world will be corrupt
heart tongue whatever
Whatever is in the heart will come up to the tongue
respect rose wants
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
follow fools-and-foolishness knows shun teach wake
He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him.
bitten fears piece proverbs snake
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.
account fear whose
What fear has he whose account is clean?
apply common common-sense learning pound pounds proverbs requires ten
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.