Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.

More Afghan Proverbs

• Having been bitten by a snake, he’s afraid of a rope.
• Community is not created by force.
• Him in trouble, thus becoming his own worst enemy.
• First food, then religion.
• An old friend is like a saddled horse.
• There are twenty-five uncaught sparrows for a penny.
• The seeker is the finder.
• Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
• Two are better than one, and three than two.
• A warm fire is better than delicious cooked rice.
• Between brother and brother accounts should be square.
• They ask the fox , who is your witness?
• Poor iron won’t make sharp sword.
• Without a green switch the cow and donkey won’t obey.
• The rose is a friend of the thorn.
• One who calls himself khan is not a khan.
• When the tiger kills, the jackal profits.
• When the wine is free even the judge drinks it.
• A cheep thing doesn’t lack defect, an expensive thing quality.
• Whatever you sow you reap.
• A lame crab walks straight.
• There is a path to the top of highest mountain.
• What my heart desired didn’t happen.
• Cats don’t catch mice to please God.
• No rose is without thorns.
• On earth it’s hard and heaven is far away.
• Glory is fitting to god alone.