Proverbs and old sayings, page 106

43574 proverbs and old sayings

What my heart desired didn't happen; what God wanted was really done.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about heart, god

Let Christians practice their own religion, and Jews practice theirs.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about christianity, religion

God said, Eat and drink, but He didn't say, Gorge to the full.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about drinking, god

A wolf's pup will grow into a wolf even though it be raised among men.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man

He who goes to the blacksmith's shop comes home with scorched clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about clothes, home

Try out your shoes on your feet -- gauge people against their misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people

A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, a man is reaching out to a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man

A real friend takes the hand of his friend in overwhelming worry and fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about worry, real estate, fire, fire brigade

Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about wealth, people

A leopard's spots: or, what is bred in the babe will come out in the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Even if a knife is made of gold, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

Good perfume is known by its scent rather than by the perfumer's advertisement.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about advertising, perfume, good, good luck

Look after your property, and you won't accuse your neighbour of being a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about being, thieves, contentment

The first day you meet, you are friends; the next day you meet, you are brothers.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about day, contentment

It is easier to wage war with wise enemies than be at peace with foolish friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about salary, enemies, war, peace

There are no greater prudes than those women who have their own dirty secrets to hide.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

When water goes over your head, what difference if it's one fathom or a hundred fathoms.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about heads, water

You stored your milk in a straining metal... and now you are complaining about bad luck?

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about bad luck, good luck, bad, contentment

Unfortunates learn from their own mistakes, and the lucky ones learn from other's mistakes.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan