77 quotes found
“The mine is always bigger than the gem.”
“Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret.”
“One lie will keep out forty truths.”
“When the cat gets hungry, it starts to steal.”
“Haste is from the Devil.”
“The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”
“As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)”
“A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.”
“He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.”
“Hit your hand on a stone and expect it to hurt.”
“Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.”
“Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened.”
“Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.”
“The bowl is warmer than the soup.”
“When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.”
“The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.”
“The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.”
“Of whom can we think well when it is believed that if nothing bad is done to you, this has been a kindness?”
“Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.”
