372 Persian Proverbs / Page 10
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In winter a fire is better than a muscat blossom.182.
In your neighbors' soup there is always one fatty morsel.183.
Injustice all round is justice.184.
It is a real compliment that comes from an enemy.185.
It is a wise man who can laugh at his own jokes.186.
It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers.187.
It is not from the love of God that the cat catches mice.188.
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.189.
It is too late for you, let God give your children some intelligence.190.
It takes two days to learn everything about a man; to know animals you will need more time.191.
It's better to fly and stay alive than to die a hero.192.
It's from us that is on us.193.
Kettledrum's sound is nice when heard from afar.194.
Learn good manners from those who don't have them.195.
Left from there, driven from here.196.
Life is like perpetual drunkenness, the pleasure passes but the headache remains.197.
Listening to good advice is the way to wealth.198.
Little by little the cotton thread becomes a turban.199.
Little by little the wool becomes a carpet.200.
Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer: You have three holes.