Lebanese Proverbs (64 Proverbs)
- If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement.
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- Love overlooks defects; hatred magnifies them.
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- No one can give what he does not have.
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- Only your nail scratches your skin.
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- Some men build a wine cellar after only finding one grape.
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- Talking is not like doing.
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- The day will come for the despot to pay.
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- When a mouse makes fun of a cat, there is a hole nearby.
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- When the angels arrive the demons leave.
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- When they came to shoe the horse of the sultan, along comes the beetle and sticks out her foot.
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- When you come back from a long journey, offer your family something though it be only a stone.
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- Do today what you want ro postpone until tomorrow.
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- When you return from a trip, bring back something for your family -- even if it is only a stone.
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- Flies know well the sweet seller's beard.
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- Have faith in a stone and you will be healed by it.
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- He is like a deaf man at a wedding procession.
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- He who has money can eat sherbet in hell.
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- If you spit in the face of a coward he'll tell you that it's raining.
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- He who gossips to you will gossip about you.
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- If you follow the lead of the cockerel, you'll be led to the poulterer.
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- Good advice once was worth a camel; now that it is free of charge, no one takes it.
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- If you fall in love let her be a beauty; if you should steal, let it be a camel.
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- Do good and throw it into the sea -- if it is not appreciated by an ungrateful man, it will be appreciated by God.
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- If you beat my drum, I will blow your whistle.
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- Beware of the man to whom you have done a good turn.
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- If you are too sparing with the cat's food, the rats will eat your ears.
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- Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.
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- If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
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- A polite devil is more agreeable than a rude saint.
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- If summer had a mother, she would weep at summer's passing.
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- A dressed up lie is worth more than a badly told truth.
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- When you're out of luck in the coffin making business, no one dies.
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- If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it.
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- A donkey is a donkey though it may carry the Sultan's treasure.
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- When you come back from a trip bring something for the family -- even if it is only a stone.
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- If anyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.
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- A dog will always be a dog, even if he is raised by lions.
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- Two things cannot be hidden: being astride a camel and being pregnant.
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- If a rich man eats a snake people say, "This is wisdom!" If a poor man eats a snake people say, "This is folly!"
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- A clear conscience shines not only in the eyes.
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- The son of an old man is an orphan, and his wife is a widow.
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- His brains hang at the top of his fez.
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- A bite from a loving mouth is worth more than a kiss from any other.
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- Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape.
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- He who wants to eat honey should endure the stings.
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- No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven.
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- He who took the donkey up to the roof should bring it down.
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- Lock your door rather than suspect your neighbor.
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- He who slaps himself on the face should not cry ouch.
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- It's normal for a sieve to have holes in it.
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- He who knew you when you were young will not respect you when you grow up.
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- It is easier to be a happy bachelor for a year than a widower for a month.
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- He who has money can eat ice cream in hell.
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- Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
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- Nights of pleasure are short.
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- The worst ache is the present ache.
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- We traded in shrouds; people stopped dying.
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- Whatever your uncle gives you, take.
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- You become like that which you own.
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- You cannot cook your eggs with wind.
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- A cemetery never refuses a corpse.
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- A wretched year has twenty-four months.
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- God hears things upside down.
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- Hygiene is two thirds of health.
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