372 Persian Proverbs / Page 9
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If it doesn't have water for me, instead it has bread for you.162.
If my aunt had a beard, this man would be my uncle.163.
If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it.164.
If regret was a horn, one's horn would reach the sky.165.
If the Lor doesn't go to bazaar, everything will rot.166.
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.167.
If the teacher be corrupt, the world will be corrupt.168.
If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold.169.
If you can give me no ointment for my wound, can you help me by not rubbing salt in?170.
If you enter the city of the blind, cover your eyes.171.
If you fall into a pit, Providence is under no obligation to come and look for you.172.
If you know lullaby, why can't you sleep?173.
If you really have to sin, then choose a sin that you enjoy.174.
If you tell the truth too early, you are laughed at -- too late and you are stoned.175.
If you walk with your feet your shoe will get worn, if you walk with your head, your hat.176.
If you're a reed-player, why did your father die of typhoid fever?177.
If you're a shoveler, shovel your garden first.178.
In the hotel of decisions the guests sleep well.179.
In the hour of adversity be not without hope.180.
In this world generous people have no money and those with money are not generous.