Ancient Persian Saying

(527 votes)   I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

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(479 votes)   To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.

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(264 votes)   Epigrams succeed where epics fail.

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(258 votes)   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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(230 votes)   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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(183 votes)   There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.

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(154 votes)   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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(143 votes)   When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth

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(137 votes)   Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.

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(136 votes)   One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.

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(121 votes)   Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.

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(121 votes)   If 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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(120 votes)   Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son.

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(117 votes)   Doubt is the key to knowledge.

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(111 votes)   Luck is infatuated with the efficient.

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