372 Persian Proverbs / Page 13
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The best of men are but men at best.242.
The big drum only sounds well from a distance.243.
The bigger a man's head, the worse his headache.244.
The blind man is laughing at the bald head.245.
The branch that bears the most fruit bends itself thankfully towards the ground.246.
The bride who wears four petticoats has a lot to hide.247.
The cripple will always find a stone to kick.248.
The devil looks after his own.249.
The doctor must heal his own bald head.250.
The dog is a lion in his own house.251.
The drowning man is not troubled by rain.252.
The earth is a host who kills his guests.253.
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't.254.
The fireside is the tulip bed of a winter day.255.
The fool's excuse is bigger than the mistake he made.256.
The guard's sleep is the lamplight of the thief.257.
The halfwit spoke, and the brainless believed.258.
The hand that gives is also the one that receives.259.
The horse is Turkmen, it eats from both the nose-bag and the manger.260.
The lack of gold only a headache.