231 Afghan Proverbs / Page 7
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In the shop of the sightless jeweler, the ruby and pebble are one.122.
Instead of better, it got worse.123.
It is easier to wage war with wise enemies than be at peace with foolish friends.124.
It may smell like a melon, but is it going to make you sick?125.
It's the same donkey, but with a new saddle.126.
Learning makes some into Mullahs and some into devils.127.
Let Christians practice their own religion, and Jews practice theirs.128.
Look after your property, and you won't accuse your neighbour of being a thief.129.
Man sins... then blames it on the devil.130.
May God not make one hand dependent on the other.131.
May Kabul be without gold rather without snow.132.
My drum doesn't do what I want it to.133.
No deceit, no merchant.134.
No one says his own buttermilk is sour.135.
No rose is without thorns.136.
Not cheap without reason, nor dear without value.137.
Not even the five fingers of our hands are alike.138.
Not to be considered queer conform to the crowd.139.
On earth it's hard and heaven is far away.140.
One flower does not bring spring.