154 Kurdish Proverbs
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A camel is not a animal and an Arab is not a human being.2.
A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.3.
A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man, of happiness.4.
A girl without a mother is like a mountain with no paths; a girl without a father is like a mountain with no streams.5.
A good companion shortens the longest road.6.
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.7.
A home without guests, a village without shepherds, both are hopeless indeed.8.
A hundred men can sit together quietly but when two dogs get together there will be a fight.9.
A hungry stomach has no ears.10.
A kind word warms a man through three winters.11.
A knife-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers.12.
A man is as wise as his head, not his years.13.
A man is judged by his work.14.
A neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl.15.
A red apple invites stones.16.
A shy woman is worth a city, a shy man is worth a goat.17.
A small key opens big doors.18.
A thief not caught becomes a king.19.
A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many.20.
A threat does not lengthen your sword.