231 Afghan Proverbs / Page 9
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The crow is clever, but looks at what it eats.162.
The deaf laugh twice.163.
The first day you meet, you are friends; the next day you meet, you are brothers.164.
The first day you see a friend; the next day, a brother.165.
The flower has no front or back.166.
The land of marriage has this peculiarity: That strangers are desirous of inhabiting it, while its natural inhabitants would gladly be exiled.167.
The man dying to hang himself can always find a noose.168.
The mud of one country is the medicine of another.169.
The night may be dark, but the apples have been counted.170.
The person who is cornered will fight.171.
The potter drinks water from a broken jug.172.
The right answer to a fool is silence.173.
The river won't get dirty just by the dog's bark.174.
The rose is a friend of the thorn.175.
The seeker is the finder.176.
The skin fits closer than the shirt.177.
The sun cannot be hidden by two fingers.178.
The tree will not sway without a trace of wind.179.
The ungrateful son is a wart on his father's face; to leave it is a blemish, to cut it off is pain.180.
The ungrateful son is like a wart on his father's face; to leave it there is unsightly, to cut it off is painful.