Proverbs and old sayings Afghan, page 18

351 proverbs and old sayings afghan

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

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

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 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 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 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