372 Persian Proverbs / Page 36
- 351. Woe is he who claims to have found happiness.
- 352. Woe to being a housewife/househusband, you buy one thing, you don't have two others.
- 353. Woe to Leili's doogh, the yogurt was too little and the water too much.
- 354. Women are just like cats -- they always land on their feet.
- 355. Work is twice done by the man in a hurry.
- 356. You ask the donkey when's Wednesday?
- 357. You became full by eating, it won't happen by licking.
- 358. You can close the city gates but not the mouths of men.
- 359. You can't escape death and guests.
- 360. You can't pick up two melons with one hand.
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