When a finger is pointing at the moon, the fool looks at the finger.
When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger.
A fool looks for dung where the cow never grazed.
When you are looking upwards you see no frontiers.
Even children of the same mother look different.
Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.
When the hyena drinks, the dog can only look on.
Don't look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs.
Some birds avoid the water, ducks look for it.
Don't look for a sea when you can drown in a puddle.
Widows weep but they look for another husband.
Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon.
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