77 Armenian Proverbs / Page 2
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Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf.22.
Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest.23.
Friendship is not born of words alone.24.
Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape.25.
He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn't knows two.26.
He who cannot pray at home will celebrate mass somewhere else.27.
He who looks for a friend without a fault will never find one.28.
He who speaks a lot learns little.29.
He's looking for the donkey while sitting on it.30.
How can one start a fast with baklava in one's hand.31.
If a rich man dies, all the world is moved; if a poor man dies, nobody knows it.32.
If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look.33.
If you cannot become rich, be the neighbor of a rich man.34.
If you speak too much, you will learn too little.35.
It is better to carry stones with a wise man than accept the meal of a madman.36.
Love did not grow any garlic.37.
Men have three ears: one on the left of the head, one on the right of the head, and one in the heart.38.
Men have three ears: one on the left of the head, one on the right of the head, and one in the heart.39.
No one will give a pauper bread, but everybody will give him advice.40.
On a rainy day many offer to water the chickens.