Every man thinks his own thoughts are best.

More Afghan Proverbs

• Appreciate great things.
• The potter drink water from a broken jug.
• Flourish like a flower, but may your life be longer .
• The world is the traveler’s inn.
• Smart people get the point from a single hint.
• Unless god does it. What can doctor do?
• Don’t sprinkle salt on my wound.
• Fear the person who doesn’t fear god.
• The world lives in hope.
• A tilted load won’t reach its destination.
• There is a way from heart to heart.
• As the sun’s shadow shifts, so there is no permanence on earth.
• If you don’t recognize god at least know him by his power.
• If you want to keep camels, have a big enough door.
• Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won’t stab his own heart with it.
• Where the heart would go, there follows the foot.
• One who runs will also fall.
• He appreciates prosperity who is caught in calamity.
• Forget the past , but look out in the future.
• But a wounded spirit cannot be overcome.
• Two watermelons can’t be held in one hand.
• You can’t flee your lot nor share it with another.
• Everyone’s own country is Kashmir to him.
• A good year is determined by its spring.
• A donkey has two friends: his two hind legs.
• Five fingers are brothers but not equals.
• Tow watermelons can’t be held in one hand.