Great Throughts Treasury

"I used to complain because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet."

"I used to feel sorry for myself because I had no shoes until I met a man who was dead."

"I was trying to help out, but I got in trouble myself."

"I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet."

"I would have been for seven years."

"I wouldn't put it past him."

"If Ali is the camel-driver, he knows where to rest his camel."

"If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back."

"If Akbar doesn't give, Akbar's God will."

"If everybody said bread and cheese, you put your head down and die."

"If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb."

"If everyone said bread and cheese, you put your head down and desist."

"If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth."

"If children's prayer had any effect, there wouldn't be a single teacher alive."

"If God wills, even males become fertile."

"If he hadn't seen his father, he would have claimed kingship."

"If he has seven blind daughters, he will marry them in an hour."

"If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would claim to be a king."

"If he says yogurt is white, I'll say it's black."

"If he were a do-gooder, they'd call him Saint Do-Gooder."

"If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it."

"If I haven't eaten wheat-bread, I've seen it in people's hands."

"If it doesn't have water for me, instead it has bread for you."

"If my aunt had a beard, this man would be my uncle."

"If he was any good, his name would be Kheirollah."

"If we haven't eaten wheat bread, we've seen it in people's hands."

"If the lantern is needed at home, donating it to the mosque is haram (forbidden)."

"If something is needed at home, its donation is wrong"

"If regret was a horn, the fellow's horn would reach the sky."

"If the teacher be corrupt, the world will be corrupt"

"If the beginning is good, the end must be perfect."

"If the Lor doesn't go to bazaar, everything will rot."

"If regret was a horn, one's horn would reach the sky."

"If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens."

"If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold."

"If you are man enough, break this pestle's handle."

"If you are a surgeon, set your own bones."

"If you are wise, you think before you act."

"If you can do a job, do it for yourself first (instead of telling someone else how to do it)."

"If you do not like your image in the mirror, do not break the mirror. Break yours."

"If you go on foot, you'll wear out your shoes; if you go on head, you'll wear out your hat."

"If you fall into a pit, Providence is under no obligation to come and look for you."

"If you can give me no ointment for my wound, can you help me by not rubbing salt in?"

"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."

"If you exercise patience, you may make a sweet-meat out of the sour grape."

"If you know how to lullaby, why can't you put yourself to sleep?"

"If you know lullaby, why can't you sleep?"

"If you talk Ali to him, don't mention Omar."

"If you tell the truth too early, you are laughed at -- too late and you are stoned."

"If you really have to sin, then choose a sin that you enjoy."