Famous Proverbs
372 Proverbs about Persian / Page 13
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I eat what others have planted and I plant what others want to eat.122.
I gave so much advice that hair grew on my tongue.123.
I have no right to rejoice at the death of my enemy when I do not have eternal life myself.124.
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.125.
If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back.126.
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.127.
If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold.128.
If you can give me no ointment for my wound, can you help me by not rubbing salt in?129.
If you enter the city of the blind, cover your eyes.130.
If you fall into a pit, Providence is under no obligation to come and look for you.