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Kashmiri Proverbs

Unity is equal to a thousand golden coins.

A pestle upon a peg, and a mortar upon a clothes line.

Obeisence to the self that is a reflection of eternal reality.

A blind man's wife is God's keeping.

Destiny often withholds the crown from the very person who deserves it.

A man loves his own shortcomings.

One plus one make eleven.

A king for a moment, and a beggar soon after.

The bachelors crave it, and the married ones regret it.

To roast fish on sky and to eat them.

If it comes, it is golden; if it doesn't, it was made of grass.

To serve a mean person, is to beat the earth.

Eleven persons take eleven paths.

A single log of wood does not burn even in an oven.

A kick works as a treatment to a hunch backed person.

The hen scratches and the chicken learns.

Unity is strength.

Among the ignorant a little knowledge is of great value.

Clean your heart and mind of negative thoughts.

Two's company, the third person is an intruder.

True religion is in one's heart.

Wisdom and serenity should not unduly weigh down a person.

It doesn't take time to change one's destiny.

The sufferer goes through hell till the truth comes out.

God is the friend of both the simple guy and the leper.

Life cannot be trusted, death can come at any moment .