Famous Proverbs
372 Proverbs about Persian / Page 2
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By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair.12.
Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous.13.
Courtesie is cumbersome to them that ken it not.14.
Courtesy on one side can never last long.15.
Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.16.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?17.
Do well the little things now; so shall great things come to thee by and by asking to be done.18.
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.19.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.20.
Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further.