Kurdish Proverbs
Sayings of Kurdish origin Your son can be a prince; your daughter will be a mother. Work as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow. With patience, mulberry leaves become satin. With fortune on your side you can sow salt and harvest grass. With a mule you have a son; with a son-in-law you only have a mule. Wish well, be well. Whoever speaks evil to you of others will speak evil of you to others. Whoever is fond of cream should take the cow around with him. Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. When Madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise. When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice. When a bald man dies the mourners give him curly hair as a present. What you give away you keep. What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks. What is loaned goes away smiling but returns weeping. Truth is Hard To speak is to sow; to listen is to reap. Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know. Those ...