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Pakistani Proverbs

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Sayings of Pakistani origin Water overflows where the banks are weak. A little Knowledge is a dangerous thing. Who has the power to fight lays conference aside. Don't cram all five fingers into your mouth at once. He who speaks the truth, his words are better than his silence, but who invents falsifications, his silence is better than his speech. Another's misery is half enjoyment. Donkey foals are loaded according to their size. Ask the sheep about the thorn-hodge. Strange food is on loan. Do good & cast in to the river. If porridge were good, it would sell in the Bazaar. To make yourself equal to your kinsman wear white clothes. The load which the donkey won't carry, you yourself will carry. You keep on "cluck-clucking" here, and lay your eggs in another village. A wolf in lamb's clothing. Be it but an onion, let it be (given) graciously. At last the wolf's cub becomes a wolf. Division is main reason for the damage. The friend ap...