Proverb, Persian quotes
Sayings of Persian OriginIf one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it.
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Caution
Doubt is the key to knowledge.
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Doubt
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
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Common Sense
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
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Death and Dying
He who knows he who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him.
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Fools and Foolishness
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.
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Experience
There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.
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Life and Living
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.
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Knowledge
Luck is infatuated with the efficient.
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Luck
The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.
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Memory
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son.
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Manners
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
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Misfortunes
Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn t know how wide it is, he ll jump and six times out of ten he ll make it.
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Risk
Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
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Things and Little Things
The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Beauty
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.
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Aphorisms and Epigrams