Necessity turns lion into fox.
- Persian proverb, as quoted in The International Thesaurus of Quotations (1970) edited by Rhoda Thomas Tripp, p. 428
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Necessity, Persian proverb
Advice, Persian Proverb
Az in guš mi-girad, az ân guš dar mi-konad.
Translation: In at one ear and out at the other.
English equivalent: Advice most needed are the least heeded.
Meaning: "For various reasons a good advice or a genuine warning is often disregarded or considered of no importance."
Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 179. ISBN 1-875943-44-7.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Persian_proverbs
Translation: In at one ear and out at the other.
English equivalent: Advice most needed are the least heeded.
Meaning: "For various reasons a good advice or a genuine warning is often disregarded or considered of no importance."
Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 179. ISBN 1-875943-44-7.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Persian_proverbs
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