372 Persian Proverbs / Page 2
- 11. A dog by your side is better than a brother miles away.
 - 12. A friend is a poem.
 - 13. A friend is like a poem.
 - 14. A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
 - 15. A greedy man is always poor.
 - 16. A hungry person dreams of sangak bread.
 - 17. A man can pose as a wise when searching for wisdom, but if he believes to have find it, is a fool.
 - 18. A man without a child is a king without sorrows.
 - 19. A man without passion is no son of Adam.
 - 20. A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months.

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