Example is better than precept.
More Arab Proverbs:
Attend funerals avoid weddings.Arab
Time is the master of him who has no master.
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Never trust a fool with a sword.
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Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.
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He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
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Give a man some cloth and he'll ask for some lining.
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