List of Best Persian Proverbs in English and Sayings
Persian Proverbs of the Day
When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.
- Persian Sayings
May God strike the rich man blind by his own gold. |
Bugbear took it all. |
The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey. |
Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further. Persian Sayings in English |
He gives a party with bath-water. |
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth. |
Once a friend, always a friend. |
We come into this world crying while all around us are smiling. May we so live that we go out of this world smiling while everybody around us is weeping. |
The tears of the roasting meat kindle the fire even more. |
One spark is enough to burn a hundred worlds. |
While yearning for excess we lose the necessities. |
Take from the hungry, give it to the full/satisfied. |
Life is like perpetual drunkenness, the pleasure passes but the headache remains. |
Necessity turns lion into fox. |
The lack of gold only a headache. |
When its time has arrived, the prey becomes the hunter. |
Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer: You have three holes. |
Water does not trickle out of his hand. |
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't. |
One sin is too much, a hundred prayers are not enough. |
In winter a fire is better than a muscat blossom. |
When I am dead the world can be an ocean or a dried up ditch. |
Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move. |
The world is a rose; smell it and pass it on to your friends. |
Every fault that a Sultan pleases can be a quality. |
Listening to good advice is the way to wealth. |
Death is a camel that lies down at every door. |
What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind. |
The virtuous will be praised but not envied. |
One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life. |
In this world generous people have no money and those with money are not generous. |
Crooked load will not get to the destination. |
You cannot hang everything on one nail. |
Persian Sayings in English |
A greedy man is always poor. Persian Proverbs |
Little by little the cotton thread becomes a turban. Persian Proverbs |
There is water in the jug, and we're going around thirsty. Persian Sayings |
When fate strikes physicians are useless. Persian Sayings in English |
He gives him roast meat and beats him with the spit. Persian Sayings |
A camel does not drink with a spoon. Persian Proverbs |
Those who are richer, are needier. Persian Sayings |
What you give away you keep. Persian Proverbs |
I eat what others have planted and I plant what others want to eat. Persian Sayings |
The guard's sleep is the lamplight of the thief. |
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son. |
When there's fire, dry and wet burn together. |
A bad wound heals, but a bad word doesn't. |
When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice. * |
Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest. |
I used to feel sorry for myself because I had no shoes until I met a man who was dead. |
Woe to Leili's doogh, the yogurt was too little and the water too much. |
Little by little the wool becomes a carpet. |
Habits are first cobwebs, then cables. |
Thinking is the essence of wisdom. |
When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter. |
If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth. |
If he has seven blind daughters, he will marry them in an hour. |
There is no need for fish in an empty pond. |
A hungry person dreams of sangak bread. |
When there are two cooks, the soup becomes either salty or saltless. |
It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers. |
There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes. |
If you enter the city of the blind, cover your eyes. |
Go further and fare worse. |
You can't polish a turd. |
Who sows barley cannot reap wheat. |
The world is a rose: smell it and pass it on to your friends. |
If it doesn't have water for me, instead it has bread for you. |
The water doesn't move. |
With one ear he hears, and with the other he dismisses. |
A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is less dangerous than science in the hands of the unscrupulous. |
The strictness of the teacher is better to bear than the prejudice of the father. |
Work is twice done by the man in a hurry. |
If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold. |
The lover who gives you her body but not her heart is generous with thornless roses. |
Arabic is a language, Persian is a delicacy and Turkish is an art. |
From truth to falsehood there's a four-finger distance. |
If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would claim to be a king. |
You can't escape death and guests. |
It is not from the love of God that the cat catches mice. |
If you really have to sin, then choose a sin that you enjoy. |
The hand that gives is also the one that receives. |
You can't squeeze blood from a rock. |
Doubtful the die, and dire the cast. |
For his master the dog is a lion. |
He who wants content can't find an easy chair. |
You only appreciate your father the day you become a father yourself. |
Maturity comes from wisdom not in the passing of years. |
A broken sleeve holdeth the arm back. |
Good grape becomes fox's possession. |
In the hour of adversity be not without hope. |
The fireside is the tulip bed of a winter day. |
Forgiveness hides a pleasure that you can't get back from revenge. |
Fear those who do not fear God. |
The doctor must heal his own bald head. |
Everyone thinks his own spit tastes good. |
It is a wise man who can laugh at his own jokes. Persian Sayings |
Be a lion at home and a fox abroad. |
The blind man is laughing at the bald head. |
A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months. |
Learn good manners from those who don't have them. |
As long as the clouds dolt weep, the pasture cannot laugh. |
Epigrams succeed where epics fail. |
Never open a door that you can't lock again |
It takes two days to learn everything about a man; to know animals you will need more time. |
The best mode of instruction is to practise what we preach. |
You cannot applaud with one hand. |
Courtesy on one side can never last long. |
A wolf's repentance died a long time ago. |
If the Lor doesn't go to bazaar, everything will rot. |
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. |
The devil looks after his own. |
Do not use words that are too big for your mouth. |
Stretch your foot to the length of your blanket. |
One finger cannot lift a pebble. |
The stars shine brightest when the moon is gone. |
I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. |
An egg thief becomes a camel thief. |
He who eats alone is Satan's brother. |
If he says yogurt is white, I'll say it's black. |
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens. |
From sudden desire of halim he fell in the pot. |
Silence betokens consent. |
A snake can change its skin but not its disposition. |
Left from there, driven from here. |
I can only get better if I have good friends. |
Sometimes the body becomes healthy by being very sick. |
The arrow that has left the bow never returns. |
Aspiration is not a defect for youngsters. |
Poured clear water on hiher hands. |
There are three kinds of enemy: the enemy himself, the friends of your enemy, and the enemies of your friends. Persian Proverb in English |
If regret was a horn, one's horn would reach the sky. |
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string. |
It is a real compliment that comes from an enemy. |
Expect trust from a dog but not from a woman. |
He takes from one ear, and lets it out from the other ear. Persian Proverbs |
Go and wake up your luck. |
Make bread while the oven is hot. |
Heaven is at the feet of mothers. |
All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew. |
The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. |
Water is muddy at the fountainhead. Persian Proverbs Download |
Spring won't come from one flower. Persian Sayings Download |
The walls have mice, the mice have ears. |
He that sows shall also reap. Persian Proverbs Download |
The horse is Turkmen, it eats from both the nose-bag and the manger. Persian Sayings Download or Share |
Walls have mice and mice have ears. |
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