154 Kurdish Proverbs / Page 3
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Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream.42.
Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.43.
Do what your teacher says but not what he does.44.
Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.45.
Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.46.
Empty words will not fill an empty stomach.47.
Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.48.
Every "bad" has its "worse".49.
Every sheep is hung by his own leg.50.
Everything is pardoned the brave..51.
Expect the worst from your enemy so that you won't be disappointed.52.
Fear an ignorant man more than a lion.53.
Fighting is better than idleness.54.
For every wise man there is one still wiser.55.
Freedom is never given but taken.56.
Give nine, save ten.57.
God created women and women created the hearth.58.
God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.59.
God has created us brothers but has given us separate purses.60.
Guests bring good luck with them.