372 Persian Proverbs / Page 8
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I gave so much advice that hair grew on my tongue.142.
I have no right to rejoice at the death of my enemy when I do not have eternal life myself.143.
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.144.
I poured our own flour and hung our hairsieve.145.
I tried to do charity, I burned.146.
I used to feel sorry for myself because I had no shoes until I met a man who was dead.147.
I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.148.
I've seen your top, I've seen your bottom also.149.
If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back.150.
If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.151.
If Akbar doesn't give, Akbar's God gives.152.
If Ali is the camel-driver, he knows where to rest his camel.153.
If children's prayer had any effect, there wouldn't be a single teacher alive.154.
If everybody said bread and cheese, you put your head down and die.155.
If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth.156.
If he has seven blind daughters, he will marry them in an hour.157.
If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would claim to be a king.158.
If he says yogurt is white, I'll say it's black.159.
If he was any good, his name would be Kheirollah.160.
If I haven't eaten wheat-bread, I've seen it in people's hands.