The corn will bend but it still ends up in the mill.
More Arab Proverbs:
Eat whatever thou likest, but dress as others do.Arab
All sunshine makes the desert.
Arab
Whoever knows how to use a pen never adds his own name to the "guilty" list.
Arab
I came to the place of my birth and cried, "The friends of my youth, where are they?" And echo answered, "Where are they?"
Arab
Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone.
Arab
The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry.
Arab