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Kashmiri Proverbs
By peace | February 5, 2008
God is the Creator and Lord of all things. We are all completely dependent on him for life and health and happiness and for everything we possess.
The gardener had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.
The customers are known to the shopkeepers.
The danger past, and God forgotten.
One man can burn water, whereas another cannot even burn oil.
One man cut the barrage, and a thousand people fell into the river.
I bought the nettle, sowed the nettle, and then the nettle stung me.
One and one are sometimes eleven.
No strength within, no respect without.
No sunshine but hath some shadow.
The fall is nobody’s sire.
When pumpkins are watered, brinjals also get watered.
No sweet without sweat.
One man’s beard is on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.
One man’s breath’s another man’s death.
Saving mustard seeds in hand, while a watermelon escapes.
Eleven persons take eleven paths.
When rogues fallout, honest men come by their own.
Empty vessels make much noise.
Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel.
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