322 LIEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT : 



191. "A thief knows a thief and a saint a saint." Cf. ' Set a thief to catch a 

 thief.' Vide No. 3. 



192. " When thief meets thief he slips his club into his kamar-band" Vide 

 No. 71. 



193. "A knowledge of a thing is better than ignorance thereof." (i.e., acquire all 

 the experience you can). 



194. ' The crow thinks its young more beautiful than the young of any other bird." 

 Cf. ' He thinks his geese swans.' Cf. ' Every one thinks his own country Kashmir ' 

 (Afghan). 



195. ; ' By gentle speech and courtesy you can draw a mountain to you by a single 

 thread." 



196. " One flower does not make a spring." Cf. ' One swallow does not make a 

 summer.' 



197. " God is slow to punish, but He punishes severely." Cf. ' The mills of God 

 grind slowly, but grind exceeding small,' and ' God comes wi ' leaden feet, but strikes wi ' 

 iron hands.' 



198. (a) " An account is an account and a J c rater a brother." (i.e., business is busi- 



ness and friendship is friendship : you must keep the two apart.) 

 (b) " Brothership has its own place, but the goat can't be sold for less than seven 

 hundred dinars." 1 ( Vide above.) 



199. " God takes the ship where he lists, let the Captain rend his clothes as he will." 

 Cf. * No striving against Fate.' 



200. " Bake while the oven's hot." Cf ' Make hay while the sun shines.' 



201. " You'll never get fruit from the willow tree." (i.e., you'll never get money 

 from a miser). 



202. " It's something to get even a shoe from a dead donkey." (Might be applied 

 to the dividend paid by a bankrupt). 



203. " The lamp casts no lustre on its own stand." (i.e., he benefits others, not 

 his own people.) 



204. " He raises his foot to be shod." (i.e., 'he's an ass ' : Said to one who is al- 

 ways thrusting in his oar). 



205. (a) " The colander • says to the skimmer, " ' You're full of holes.' 



(b) " The pot calls the kettle black." Cf. ' Crookit carlin ' quo' the cripple 

 to his wife.' 



206. (a) "A house that has two mistresses is unswept." 



(b) " If there are two midwives the infant's head is squashed." Cf. 'Too 

 many cooks spoil the broth.' 



207. " Whether you weep or whether you wail, the thief won't give back your 

 property." Cf. ' No use crying over spilt milk.' Vide No. 192. 



208. " If he spoke late he spoke to the point." 



1 In present value about seven pence, 100 dinar being about equal at \d. * Both these have holes. 



