154 Kurdish Proverbs / Page 6
101. One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God.
102. One sturdy house is worth a hundred in ruins.
103. Only by falling do you learn how to mount a horse.
104. Open your eyes, not your mouth.
105. Part with your head, but not with your secret.
106. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
107. Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
108. Search yourself, and you will find Allah.
109. See with your mind, hear with your heart.
110. See with your mind; hear with your heart.
111. Some will enjoy the honey, others will have to put up with the sting.
112. Stairs are climbed step by step.
113. Stretch your feet according to your blanket.
114. Study from new books, but from old teachers.
115. The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
116. The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil.
117. The devil will not bother you in a house full of children.
118. The enemy of a father will never be friends of his son.
119. The foreign person is blind and the killed person has no chance.
120. The fox did not reach the grape, said it's unripe.