Proverbs and old sayings, page 1022

43575 proverbs and old sayings

People working on the slope of a mountain do not look at the buttocks of one another.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people

Even though the sound of the horn is not pleasant, it is still blown by a man's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man

If the goat says it will become a sheep, there will always be black spots on its body.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about body, magic

If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about water, man

The witch is going! The witch is going! but if you are not a witch you don't turn around to look.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about contentment

Even though the peel of the palm nut has no pulpy substance in it, it is stripped off all the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The witch kills he ate and he did not give me, but she does not kill, he gave me too little.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Don't expect to be offered a chair when you visit a place where the chief himself sits on the floor.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about contentment

If the building of a nest were easy, would the little apatipers bird roost in the fork of a tree?

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

When women increase in wealth, they are silent. But when they fall into trouble, the whole world gets to know.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about problems, wealth, fall, world

A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about contentment, woman

We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about past

When a deceiving man tells you to climb a tree, tell him to climb it first. If he finds a comfortable spot you can follow him.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about contentment, man

The responsibility of power is like holding an egg. Grasp it too tightly and it will drip through your fingers; hold it too loosely and it will drop and break.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about power

The hyena of your own country does not break your bones.

Proverbs and old sayings about country

Truth is twelve years old.

Proverbs and old sayings about truth, old, olderness

The cobbler's gaze is on the feet.

Proverbs and old sayings

Fry the chapati when the pan is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings

Distant hills look beautiful; near ones are ugly.

Proverbs and old sayings

You cannot swallow hot milk, nor can you throw it away.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment