Persian proverbs

I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.

Whatever you eat will rot, whatever you give will blossom into a rose.

One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.

Giving advice to the ignorant is like the rain falling on muddy ground.

Woe to Leili's doogh, the yogurt was too little and the water too much.

Flies will easily fly into the honey -- their problem is how to get out.

It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.

If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.

Once I had the strength but no wisdom now I have the wisdom but no strength.

When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth.

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