In childhood you’re playful.

More Afghan Proverbs

• 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.
• The wood is burnt, but the ashes are a nuisance.
• A broken hand can work but a broken heart can’t.
• A tree does not move unless there is wind.
• Every tree feels the force of the wind.
• Don’t be a thief and you won’t fear the king.
• Hasty work doesn’t succeed.
• Where there is a will, there is a way.