372 Persian Proverbs / Page 17
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Whatever you sow, you reap.322.
When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.323.
When a lion is old, he becomes the plaything of jackals.324.
When a stone hits glass, the glass breaks. When glass hits a stone, the glass breaks.325.
When fate strikes physicians are useless.326.
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.327.
When I am dead the world can be an ocean or a dried up ditch.328.
When its time has arrived, the prey becomes the hunter.329.
When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter.330.
When the cat and the mouse agree, the grocer is ruined.331.
When the snake is old, the frog will tease him.332.
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth.333.
When the water goes uphill, the frog sings AbuAta.334.
When there are two cooks, the soup becomes either salty or saltless.335.
When there's fire, dry and wet burn together.336.
When water stays at one place, it rots.337.
Where the camel is sold for a cent, the ass is worthless.338.
Whether you were gold or satin, you're the same acanthus-seller.339.
While yearning for excess we lose the necessities.340.
Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast.