Persian proverbs

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

If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold.

If children's prayer had any effect, there wouldn't be a single teacher alive.

Don't be afraid of he who's loud and noisy, be afraid of he who's head is down.

The branch that bears the most fruit bends itself thankfully towards the ground.

A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.

The strictness of the teacher is better to bear than the prejudice of the father.

It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers.

A beggar will always be a beggar even if they give him the whole world as a gift.

Life is like perpetual drunkenness, the pleasure passes but the headache remains.

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