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NORTH INDIAN PROVERBS.
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13. Ab na dídam mauza kashídam.

Taking off your shoes before you see the water.

14. Tang áyad ba jang áyad.

He fights who is at bay.

15. Joíndá yábindá.

Seeking is finding.

16. Har hi daryáft durr yáft.

All who seek pearls find them.

17. Dáná dushman bihtar az nádán dost.

Better a wise enemy than a foolish friend.

18. Cho kufar az Ka’aba barkhízad kujá mánad Musahnání?

If there be unbelief in Mecca where is then Islam?

19. Hukmi hákim margi mafáját.

The king's orders are sudden death.

20. Ma tars az balá, ki shabb darmiyán ast.

Fear no consequences when the night is before you.

21. Násah ba ráe dígarán.

He preaches to others.

22. Khud rá fazíhat wa dígarán rá nasíhat.

A scoundrel himself he preaches to others.

23. Sifláe khushposh rá bar masnadi já ma deh.

Kafsh gar zurrín bawad bar sar na báyad nihád.

Don't seat a well-dressed scoundrel on your couch.

We should not put even a golden slipper on the head.

24. Máli muft dil be rahm.

The heart has no pity on unearned wealth.

25. Sara/tan rd maghz bdyad chun sagdn, Ndhvidn rd maghz bdyad chun shdhdn. A dog's brain for the Accidence,

But a king's brain for the Syntax : (said of Arabic).

26. Diwdnd ba matlabi khud hoshiydr.

The madman is wise in his own interests.

27. Qahiri darwesh bar jdni darwesh.

The poor man's griefs are on the poor man's mind.

28. Chu Ka’aba Qiblae hájat shawad az dayár baíd, Khalaq rawand ba didárash az base farsang.