Good qualities never cancel out the bad, just as sugar is no antidote for poison.
More Arab Proverbs:
Choose your neighbor before your house and your companion before the road.Arab
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
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Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman's breasts.
Arab
If you are offered a bull, do not ask how much milk he will give.
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If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.
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A thousand curses never tore a shirt.
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