Sign-In
Cart
A Little Wisdom: 25 Persian Proverbs
Paperback
Series: Little Wisdom, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 24 2026
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book began as a simple idea: to keep a small collection of Iranian proverbs in one place, with clear explanations and scenes that make their meaning easy to remember. Along the way, it became much more than a list-it became a way to preserve a living part of culture, one short sentence at a time.
I want to thank everyone who has kept these sayings alive through everyday conversation-especially our parents, grandparents and all the storytellers who pass wisdom forward without ever calling it wisdom. These proverbs aren't owned by any single person; they belong to the collective memory of a people.
Over the last few decades, as the authors have lived outside Iran, these proverbs have traveled with us into new languages and friendships. Sharing them-sometimes in Farsi, sometimes translated-often brought the same response: smiles, curiosity, and instant connection. That's when we realized we should share them more widely.
Iranian culture is among the world's oldest, shaped by one of history's great civilizations. If this book helps preserve a small piece of that heritage and brings people a little closer through everyday wisdom, it has done what we hoped.
A special thanks to both our parents, siblings, partners and loved ones who helped us shape the format of this book. Most of all, thank you to the reader, for making space for these small lines that often carry big truth.
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Philip Roth: Novels 1973-1977 (Loa #165): The Great American Novel / My Life as a Man / The Professor of Desire
Roth, Philip
Hardcover
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Musil, Robert
Agee, Joel
Paperback
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Paperback