Great Throughts Treasury

"Kurds have no friends."

"Light wisdom, heavy burden."

"Loneliness is a nest for the thoughts."

"Many will show you the way once your cart has overturned."

"No means, no market."

"No one says, ?My pasture is not sweet.?"

"Nobody knows who is he, even if he is under his father's ears."

"No friends but the mountains (Kurds should not expect support from the foreign countries)."

"Many women, many words."

"Of evil grain no good seed can come."

"Once a friend, always a friend."

"Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest."

"Not every cloud brings rain."

"One beats one's breast who does not beat one's child."

"One can never repay one's debt to one's mother."

"One gives twice who gives quickly."

"One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God."

"One who has little wisdom will have greater burdens."

"One sturdy house is worth a hundred in ruins."

"Open your eyes, not your mouth."

"Only by falling do you learn how to mount a horse."

"Search yourself, and you will find Allah."

"Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit."

"Part with your head, but not with your secret."

"Parting is such sweet sorrow."

"Some will enjoy the honey, others will have to put up with the sting."

"Stairs are climbed step by step."

"Stretch your feet according to your blanket."

"Study from new books, but from old teachers."

"The distance of 1000 miles begins with one step."

"The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil."

"The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste."

"The devil will not bother you in a house full of children."

"The fox did not reach the grape, said it's unripe. The Kurds have no friends."

"The foreign person is blind and the killed person has no chance."

"The enemy of a father will never be friends of his son."

"The fox did not reach the grape, said it's unripe. (Sour grapes)"

"The male is born to be slaughtered."

"The man is a river, the woman a lake."

"The miser and the open-handed spend the same in long run."

"The only friends we have are the mountains."

"The rich man's wealth tires the poor man's jaw."

"The Mountains are our only friend."

"The wolf repents only in death."

"Those who do not go to war roar like lions. Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know."

"Time is like a dagger; if you don't cut with it, it cuts you. Go ahead and cut. Be quick before it cuts you."

"Thorns and roses grow on the same tree."

"Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know."

"Those away from the battlefield boast about their swords."

"To find your place in life is easier than to occupy it."