231 Afghan Proverbs / Page 6
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He reckons his importance by the elephant-load.102.
He saved his ears, but lost his head.103.
He who goes to the blacksmith's shop comes home with scorched clothes.104.
Hearing is never as good as seeing.105.
Heaven is dark and yet out of it streams clear water.106.
Heed the troubadour, burn the dinner.107.
However tall the mountain is, there's a road to the top of it.108.
I have never seen anyone go astray who followed along the right way.109.
I'm talking to the door, but I want the walls to hear me.110.
If a forest catches fire, both the dry and the wet will burn up.111.
If the master gnaws bones, what will he give the dog?112.
If there is only bread and onions, still have a happy face.113.
If you deal in camels, make the doors high.114.
If you don't recognize God, at least know Him by His power.115.
If you sit with us, you will get like us; if you sit beside a cooking pot, you will get black.116.
If you want to keep camels, have a big enough door.117.
In an ant colony, the dew is a flood.118.
In bad things be slow; in good things be quick.119.
In childhood you are palyful, In youth you are lustful In old age you are feeble, So when will you before God be worshipful?120.
In the ditch where water has flowed, it will flow again.