154 Kurdish Proverbs / Page 4
- 31. Any man with two wives becomes a porter.
 - 32. At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue.
- 33. Bad habits are worse than rabies.
- 34. Beauty passes; wisdom remains.
- 35. Better a calf of one's own than a jointly owned cow.
- 36. Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.
- 37. Better one day a man than ten days a woman.
- 38. Both the hunted and the hunter rely on God.
- 39. Deal with your friends as if they will become your enemies tomorrow, and deal with your enemies as if they will become your friends tomorrow.
- 40. Do not eat the strangers' bread as this diminishes your stature.
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