Arab Proverbs (439 Proverbs)


  • 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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  • An insult is but a short garment: it reveals the one who wears it.
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  • A scholar's ink is worth as much as the blood of the martyr.
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  • A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
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  • A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
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  • Youth is a kind of illness cured only by the passing years.
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  • Wisdom consists of ten parts -- nine parts of silence and one part with few words.
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  • What the wolf mourns is food for the fox.
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  • They have sowed the seed of the word "tomorrow" and it has not germinated.
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  • The tongue of experience utters the most truth.
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  • The house of danger is built upon the borders of safety.
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  • The dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.
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  • Silence is the best answer to the stupid. The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.
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  • On the day of victory no one is tired.
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  • Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart.
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  • Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies.
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  • If you want to hit your mother-in-law, be sure to split her head.
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  • If man be a river, then woman will be a bridge.
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  • He who starts a lawsuit makes a hole in the dike.
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  • He that has no money has no friends.
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  • God bless him who pays visits -- short visits.
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  • Do not ridicule the thin-bearded when you yourself have no beard.
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  • Better to have bread and an onion with peace than stuffed fowl with strife.
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  • An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.
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  • A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is the rain.
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  • A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.
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  • Your tongue is like a horse -- if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you treat it badly, it treats you badly.
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  • Whoever lives within himself is burning with love.
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  • What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the grave.
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  • There is no greater misfortune than your own.
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  • The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
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  • The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry.
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  • The corn will bend but it still ends up in the mill.
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  • Show no fear to the man who picks up a big stone.
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  • Older than you by a day, wiser than you by a year.
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  • Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam.
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  • It may be a fire today -- tomorrow it will be ashes.
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  • If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.
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  • If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.
    (Arab Proverb)


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