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Proverbs and Saying From Another Perspective
54 Kurdish Proverbs
79. It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to
reason.
80. It is easy to catch a serpent with someone else's hand.
81. It is easy to say "Come" difficult to say "Go".
82. It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.
83. It is up to the people to feed the dogs; it's up to the Cardias to feed the
Turks.
No means, no
market.
92. No one says, "My pasture is not sweet."
93. Nobody knows who is he, even if he is under his father's ears.
94. Not every cloud brings rain.
95. Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest.
96. Of evil grain no good seed can come.
97. Once a friend, always a friend.
98. One beats one's breast who does not beat one's child.
99. One can never repay one's debt to one's mother.
100. One gives twice who gives quickly.
101. One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God.
102. One sturdy house is worth a hundred in ruins.
103. Only by falling do you learn how to mount a horse.
104. Open your eyes, not your mouth.
105. Part with your head, but not with your secret.
106. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
107. Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
108. Search yourself, and you will find Allah.
109. See with your mind, hear with your heart.
152. Wood can only be split with a wedge that is cut from its own tree.
153. Work as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.
154. Your son can be a prince, your daughter will be a mother.
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