Armenian proverbs

It is better to carry stones with a wise man than accept the meal of a madman.

Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears.

If a rich man dies, all the world is moved; if a poor man dies, nobody knows it.

To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.

The friend who helps me and the enemy who does me no harm, make a pair of earrings.

Choose a friend with the eyes of an old man, and a horse with the eyes of a young one.

Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest.

When someone's wealth improves, all of a sudden their house's columns appear to be crooked.

A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all.

If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; and if you can't pick it up, paint it.

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