Even foul water will quench fire.
More Mongolian Proverbs:
Of the good we have an understanding, for fools we keep a stick upstairs.Mongolian
Don't undo your bootlaces until you have seen the river.
Mongolian
It's difficult to take a wolf cub without bringing in the whole pack.
Mongolian
Don't look for bad things in the good that you do.
Mongolian
If you are going to steal bells plug your ears.
Mongolian
The living are denied a table; the dead get a whole coffin.
Mongolian