Persian proverbs

The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey.

Do well the little things now; so shall great things come to thee by and by asking to be done.

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond.

If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back.

An ungrateful son is a wart on his father's nose -- he leaves it, it's ugly, he removes it, it hurts.

A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is less dangerous than science in the hands of the unscrupulous.

The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

There are four things in this life of which we have more than we think: faults, debts, years and enemies.

Who has not had a taste longs to do so, but for whom has tasted then the longing is a hundred times more.

The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

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