Great Throughts Treasury

"The child who is not afraid of anyone is like a horse without a bridle."

"The chinar of Prayag, neither does it become tall nor big."

"The customers are known to the shopkeeper."

"The fall is nobody's sire."

"The family of madmen brought a daughter-in-law, she also turned out to be mad."

"The festival of Dash-har after ten years."

"The fish in the spring are lawful to look at but unlawful to eat."

"The flea sinned, but the reed-mat got the beating."

"The food eaten at one's daughter's place is like eating cow dung."

"The fortune is (like) a bear."

"The free liquor has been taken even by religious judges."

"The gardener had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him."

"The ghee (clarified butter) cannot be taken out (of a pot) with a straight finger."

"The ghost of the deserted mosque."

"The gold (an ornament made of gold) is precious when it is worn in the ear."

"The grapes are sour."

"The guilty blaming the accuser."

"The hen scratches and the chicken learns."

"The hungry should not be taken to a feast, and a naked person should not be taken to a cloth shop."

"The importance of background."

"The income is like jasmine."

"The iron is cut only by iron."

"The Khwaja (shopkeeper) opened a shop alongwith all his pots (which are empty)."

"The lie doesn't have knees to stand on."

"The lightest is to be bare footed."

"The lower self prevents you from remembering god."

"The master gets married, but the servant does not accept it."

"The members of the family are in distress, but the idols are worshipped."

"The more the merrier."

"The mother hasn't a piece of cloth to put on, but the sitar has a covering."

"The mother keeps on caring for her daughter, while the daughter keeps on craving for her husband."

"The name is high, but the person has a hole in the nose."

"The one who worries a lot, rots."

"The pashmina is soft."

"The path to heart lies through one's stomach."

"The patience pays."

"The same swede (a green vegetable) in my home, the same in another's house. O myself, you should have not come out of your own house."

"The silence is as good as silver."

"The silent animal eats its tether."

"The sleep is the sister of the death."

"The sparrow feels comfortable upon the thorn bush."

"The stupid fellow could not do the work and returned empty handed."

"The Sufi is the child of his or her time."

"The sugar-candy and the radishes taste alike."

"The sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the whole sky."

"The Thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it. -Bayazid Bistami"

"The thundering does not cause rain."

"The tongue is a sword."

"The tree laden with fruit always bows low."

"The wiser the man, the more in trouble."