Persian proverbs

I used to feel sorry for myself because I had no shoes until I met a man who was dead.

A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months.

An arrow can be pulled out of a wound, but a hurtful word stays forever in your heart.

Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.

Often the best way of giving oneself what one lacks is to take from oneself what one has.

If you walk with your feet your shoe will get worn, if you walk with your head, your hat.

Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all.

There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.

I have no right to rejoice at the death of my enemy when I do not have eternal life myself.

It takes two days to learn everything about a man; to know animals you will need more time.

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