10/17/10

Some Persian Proverbs

“By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair”


“Thinking is the essence of wisdom”


“Risk - If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.”


“He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.”


“He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him.”


“Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast”


“In the hour of adversity be not without hope for crystal rain falls from black clouds”

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