The virtuous will be praised but not envied.
More Persian Proverbs:
A thief is a king until he is caught.Persian
With one ear he hears, and with the other he dismisses.
Persian
The sky is the same color wherever you go.
Persian
A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.
Persian
For an ant to have wings would be his undoing.
Persian
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.
Persian