372 Persian Proverbs / Page 11
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient.202.
Make bread while the oven is hot.203.
Maturity comes from wisdom not in the passing of years.204.
May God strike the rich man blind by his own gold.205.
Necessity changes a lion into a fox.206.
Necessity turns lion into fox.207.
Never open a door that you can't lock again.208.
No lamp burns till morning.209.
Nobody sees a miracle from this shrine.210.
Not everyone who sings a lullaby stays awake.211.
Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest.212.
Often the best way of giving oneself what one lacks is to take from oneself what one has.213.
Once a friend, always a friend.214.
Once I had the strength but no wisdom; now I have the wisdom but no strength.215.
One finger cannot lift a pebble.216.
One good father can do more than 100 schoolmasters.217.
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.218.
One sin is too much, a hundred prayers are not enough.219.
One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life.220.
One spark is enough to burn a hundred worlds.