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I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about man

If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about peace, blind, man

He who has a clean account, what fear of calculation does he have?

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about fear

Forgiveness hides a pleasure that you can't get back from revenge.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about absolution, revenge, pleasure, contentment

If you're a reed-player, why did your father die of typhoid fever?

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about death, contentment

Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer: You have three holes.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about wine, death, life

Arabic is a language, Persian is a delicacy and Turkish is an art.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about language, art, magic

If everybody said bread and cheese, you put your head down and die.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about heads, death, contentment

It takes ten pounds of common sense to carry one pound of learning.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about common sense, sense

Debts are like women, once you have them you can't get rid of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

I eat what others have planted and I plant what others want to eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

The pleasure of finding something is worth more than what you find.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about pleasure, contentment

With a sweet tongue of kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

When there are two cooks, the soup becomes either salty or saltless.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about kitchen

He pushes it away with the hand, but pulls it forward with the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

The horse is Turkmen, it eats from both the nose-bag and the manger.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

With a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment