PERSIAN
- " A broken hand works, but not a broken heart."
- "A drowning man is not troubled by rain."
- "A stone thrown at the right time is better than gold given at the wrong time."
- "An egg thief becomes a camel thief."
- "Death is a camel that lies down at every door."
- "He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string."
- "He who wants a rose must respect the thorn."
- "In the ants' house the dew is a flood."
- "Injustice all round is justice!"
- "Stretch your foot to the length of your blanket."
- "The larger a man's roof the more snow it collects."
- "The wise man sits on the hole in his carpet. "
PORTUGESE
- "An hour of play discovers more than a year of conversation."
- "Better a red face than a black heart."
- "Don't tie a knot in your tongue that you cannot untie with your teeth."
- "He that would speak the truth must have one foot in the stirrup."
- "He who serves two masters has to lie to one."
- "If you have enemies, then misfortune passed you by."
- "Money lent, is an enemy made."
- "Never cut what can be untied."
- "Peace with a cudgel in hand is war."
- "Prosperity lets the bridle go."
- "The fish dies by its mouth."
- "There's no catching trouts with dry breeches. "
- "Visits always give a pleasure; if not the arriving, so the departing. "
- "What is bought is cheaper than a gift. "
- "Where the iron goes, there goes also rust. "
- "Where there is no might right loses itself. "
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