Afghan proverbs Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Afghan proverbs.
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“شنیدن کی بود مانند دیدن
• Translation: Hearing is never as good as seeing.”
“خواستن توانستن است
• Transliteration: Khastan tawanistan ast.
• Translation: Where there is a will, there is a way.”
“دو تربوز به یک دست گرفته نمیشود
• Transliteration:Doo tarbuz ba yak dast gerefta na-mey-shawad.
• Translation: You can't hold two watermelons in one hand.
• English equivalent: You must not run after two hares at the same time.
• Meaning: "Concentrate on one thing at a time or you will achieve nothing. - Trying to do two or more things at a time, when even one on its own needs full effort, means that none of them will be accomplished properly."
• Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay, Gyula (1997), European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, chapter: X, page: X, publisher: Veszprémi Nyomda, ISBN: 1-875943-44-7”