Arab Proverbs (439 Proverbs)
- Words from the heart reach the heart, words from the mouth reach the ear.
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- When God shuts one door, He opens another.
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- Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
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- The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
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- The man with no patience waits for daylight, and when it comes he'll be blind.
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- The doorstep weeps for forty days whenever a girl is born.
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- Spirit is the sword and experience the sharpening stone.
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- One coin in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full.
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- Misfortune is easier to bear if you share it with many others.
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- Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone.
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- In order to really love someone you must love him as though he was going to die tomorrow.
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- If there were no tears, our ribs would burn.
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- He who walks through a field of onions, will smell like an onion.
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- He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.
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- Don't think you are eloquent just because a fool applauds you.
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- Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
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- Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.
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- Another man's bread will not fill your belly.
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- A small tumbledown house is better than a communal palace.
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- A learned man without work is a cloud without rain.
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- A change is as good as a rest.
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- Without the companionship even paradise would be boring.
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- When a rich man wants children, he gets dollars, when a poor man wants dollars, he gets children.
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- Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
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- The word of the king is the king of words.
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- The lion said: I am the best one to take care of my business.
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- The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.
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- Sometimes even the intestine and the stomach disagree.
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- Once you have found your rhythm, you will then know your God.
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- Men learn little from success, but much from failure.
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- Know each other as if your were brothers; negotiate deals as if you were strangers to each other.
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- If your neighbor visits Mecca once, watch out for him. If he makes a second visit, you had better avoid him. After the third visit you had better move to another street.
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- If the king says that it is night in the middle of the day, look up at the stars.
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- He who walks alone shall surely arrive first.
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- He who has approved of wrongdoing is as guilty as he who has committed it.
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- God has spared the naked man from washing his clothes with soap.
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- Do not tell secrets in front of servants.
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- Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat.
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- An unjust king is like a river without water.
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- A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
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- A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
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- A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
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- Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it.
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- When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
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- Those who argue with each other on the highway will often make up in the lane.
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- The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further off than the roar of a lion.
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- The knife of the family does not cut.
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- The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
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- So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will stay warm.
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- Once you have decided to hit someone, then hit them hard because the retribution will be the same whether you hit hard or not.
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- Men laugh with their heart, women only with their mouth.
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- Kiss the hand of your enemy if you cannot chop it off: Envy has no rest.
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- If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman.
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- If someone says "There is a wedding ceremony in the clouds," then the women would soon arrive with their ladders.
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- He who uses bad incense must be careful not to burn his sleeves.
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- He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
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- God grant us no neighbor with two eyes.
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- Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
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- Beware the man who lavishes too much praise on you, he will later run you down.
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- An old lion will be mocked by the dogs.
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- A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.
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- A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.
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- A book that remains shut, is but a block.
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- Wishing does not make a poor man rich.
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- What wise men suppose is worth more than the certainties of fools.
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- Think of the going out before you enter.
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- The tree of silence bears the fruits of peace.
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- The ink of a scholar is worth as much as the martyr's blood.
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- The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.
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- So long as I can keep a secret it is my prisoner. If I let it slip then I am its prisoner.
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- On the first of March, the crows begin to search.
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- Marriage is like a besieged fortress: those who are outside want to come in, and those already in want to be out.
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- Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks.
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- If you want to kill a snake, chop off its head.
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- If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
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- He who steals an egg will steal a camel.
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- He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
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- God gave the giraffe a long neck so that He would not have to bend the palm tree.
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- Do not stand in a dangerous place trusting in miracles.
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- Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.
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