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From afar he takes the heart, from nearby the gall-bladder.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about heart

If you really have to sin, then choose a sin that you enjoy.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about sin, contentment

Why would a pool that doesn't have water need so many frogs?

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about need, water

A tear at the right moment is better than a misplaced smile.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about moment, smile, rightness

When I am dead the world can be an ocean or a dried up ditch.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about world

If Ali is the camel-driver, he knows where to rest his camel.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about rest

He tried to pluck under her/his eyebrow, but blinded the eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about wealth, contentment

That smells bad, said the cat about meat that it cannot reach.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about bad luck, bad

If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would claim to be a king.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

As the wise man looks for a bridge the fool crosses the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about man

He eats sheep-tail with the wold, and cries with the shephard.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog, and a quarrelsome person.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about people

If it doesn't have water for me, instead it has bread for you.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about water, contentment

Don't borrow from a baby-boomer, if you borrow, don't spend it.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

As soon as a man gets new trousers, he thinks about a new wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about wife, man

If he has seven blind daughters, he will marry them in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about blind

If I haven't eaten wheat-bread, I've seen it in people's hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about haven, people

Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about children

Whether you were gold or satin, you're the same acanthus-seller.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment