Arabian Proverbs.
1. A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
2. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
3. A book that remains shut, is but a block.
4. A friend is known when needed.
5. A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.
6. A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop makes an inundation.
7. A little bird wants but a little nest.
8. A little body doth often harbour a great soul.
9. A little debt makes a debtor, a great one an enemy.
10. A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
11. A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
12. A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
13. A thousand curses never tore a shirt.
14. A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog travelling with good men becomes a rational being.
15. A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.
16. All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are moveable, and those that move.
17. All strangers are relations to each other.
18. All sunshine makes a desert.
19. An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
20. Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin.
21. Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
22. Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.
23. Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.
24. Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.
25. Cleanse thy heart from greed, and thy foot shall remain free from fetters.
26. Compete, don't envy.
27. Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.
28. Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate.
29. Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.
30. Diligence is a great teacher.
31. Diligence is the mother of good luck.
32. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
33. Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
34. Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
35. Don't celebrate someone's departing unless you know who will succeed him.
36. Don't pour away your water due to a mirage.
37. Doubt is the key to all knowledge.
38. Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
39. Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
40. Examine what is said, not who is speaking.
129 Arabian Proverbs.
41. Example is better than law.
42. Fear not the man who fears God.
43. Fortune is with you for an hour, and against you for ten.
44. Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
45. God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk.
46. Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.
47. Greed lessens what is gathered.
48. Habit is the sixth sense that dominates the other five.
49. He who eats alone chokes alone.
50. He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.
51. He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
52. He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
53. He who speaks about the future lies, even when he tells the truth.
54. He who wants to sell his honor will always find a buyer. The garlic complained to the onion, "You stink!" If you count your friend's mistakes, he will desert you. Many wars have been caused by a single word.
55. How can the person who is eating dates prohibit the eating of dates? It's better to be a free dog than a caged lion.
56. How tight can life be without the space of hope.
57. I am a prince and you are a prince; who will lead the donkeys?.
58. I came to the place of my birth and cried, "The friends of my youth, where are they?" And echo answered, "Where are they?"
59. If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
60. If I were to trade in winding sheets, no one would die.
1. If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
62. If the camel once get his nose in the tent, his body will follow.
63. If you buy cheap meat, when it boils you smell what you have saved.
64. If you don't know where you are going, then look back to where you have come from.
65. If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
66. If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.
67. It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees.
68. It's better to have a thousand enemies outside of the tent than one inside the tent.
69. Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies.
70. Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks.
71. Know each other as if your were brothers; negotiate deals as if you were strangers to each other.
72. Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone.
73. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
74. Let the sword decide after the stratagem has failed.
75. Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
76. Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.
77. Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
78. Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
79. Never give advice in a crowd.
80. No man is a good physician who has never been sick.
81. None but a mule denies his family.
82. Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man.
83. One coin in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full.
84. One is better off seated than standing. lying than seated, asleep than awake, and dead than alive.
85. Pardon is the choicest flower of victory.
86. Patience is the key of joy; but haste is the key to sorrow.
87. Prayer is the pillow of religion.
88. Salt will never be worm-eaten.
89. Search knowledge though it be in China.
90. Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.
91. Silence is the best answer to the stupid. The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.
92. Sinning is the best part of repentance.
93. Sins of omission are seldom fun.
94. Sunshine all the time makes a desert.
95. The barber learns his trade on the orphan's chin.
96. The benefits you get become the debts you owe to others.
97. The different sorts of madness are innumerable.
98. The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.
99. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
100. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
101. The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry.
102. The hasty angler loses the fish.
103. The hasty hand catches frogs for fish.
104. The person who predicts the future is lying, even when he is right.
105. The sinning is the best part of repentance.
106. The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.
107. The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.
108. The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
109. There are no fans in hell.
110. There has to be a first time for everything -- even the most natural habits.
111. There is no greater misfortune than your own.
112. They wooed her and she resisted; they neglected her and she fell in love.
113. Think of the going out before you enter.
114. Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
115. Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
116. Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
117. Throw a resourceful person into a river, and he will probably come out with a fish in his hand.
118. Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.
119. Today it may be a fire, tomorrow it will be ashes.
120. Trust Allah, but tie up your camel.
1. A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
2. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
3. A book that remains shut, is but a block.
4. A friend is known when needed.
5. A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.
6. A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop makes an inundation.
7. A little bird wants but a little nest.
8. A little body doth often harbour a great soul.
9. A little debt makes a debtor, a great one an enemy.
10. A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
11. A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
12. A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
13. A thousand curses never tore a shirt.
14. A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog travelling with good men becomes a rational being.
15. A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.
16. All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are moveable, and those that move.
17. All strangers are relations to each other.
18. All sunshine makes a desert.
19. An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
20. Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin.
21. Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
22. Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.
23. Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.
24. Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.
25. Cleanse thy heart from greed, and thy foot shall remain free from fetters.
26. Compete, don't envy.
27. Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.
28. Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate.
29. Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.
30. Diligence is a great teacher.
31. Diligence is the mother of good luck.
32. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
33. Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
34. Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
35. Don't celebrate someone's departing unless you know who will succeed him.
36. Don't pour away your water due to a mirage.
37. Doubt is the key to all knowledge.
38. Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
39. Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
40. Examine what is said, not who is speaking.
129 Arabian Proverbs.
41. Example is better than law.
42. Fear not the man who fears God.
43. Fortune is with you for an hour, and against you for ten.
44. Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
45. God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk.
46. Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.
47. Greed lessens what is gathered.
48. Habit is the sixth sense that dominates the other five.
49. He who eats alone chokes alone.
50. He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.
51. He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
52. He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
53. He who speaks about the future lies, even when he tells the truth.
54. He who wants to sell his honor will always find a buyer. The garlic complained to the onion, "You stink!" If you count your friend's mistakes, he will desert you. Many wars have been caused by a single word.
55. How can the person who is eating dates prohibit the eating of dates? It's better to be a free dog than a caged lion.
56. How tight can life be without the space of hope.
57. I am a prince and you are a prince; who will lead the donkeys?.
58. I came to the place of my birth and cried, "The friends of my youth, where are they?" And echo answered, "Where are they?"
59. If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
60. If I were to trade in winding sheets, no one would die.
1. If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
62. If the camel once get his nose in the tent, his body will follow.
63. If you buy cheap meat, when it boils you smell what you have saved.
64. If you don't know where you are going, then look back to where you have come from.
65. If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
66. If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.
67. It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees.
68. It's better to have a thousand enemies outside of the tent than one inside the tent.
69. Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies.
70. Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks.
71. Know each other as if your were brothers; negotiate deals as if you were strangers to each other.
72. Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone.
73. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
74. Let the sword decide after the stratagem has failed.
75. Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
76. Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.
77. Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
78. Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
79. Never give advice in a crowd.
80. No man is a good physician who has never been sick.
81. None but a mule denies his family.
82. Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man.
83. One coin in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full.
84. One is better off seated than standing. lying than seated, asleep than awake, and dead than alive.
85. Pardon is the choicest flower of victory.
86. Patience is the key of joy; but haste is the key to sorrow.
87. Prayer is the pillow of religion.
88. Salt will never be worm-eaten.
89. Search knowledge though it be in China.
90. Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.
91. Silence is the best answer to the stupid. The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.
92. Sinning is the best part of repentance.
93. Sins of omission are seldom fun.
94. Sunshine all the time makes a desert.
95. The barber learns his trade on the orphan's chin.
96. The benefits you get become the debts you owe to others.
97. The different sorts of madness are innumerable.
98. The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.
99. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
100. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
101. The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry.
102. The hasty angler loses the fish.
103. The hasty hand catches frogs for fish.
104. The person who predicts the future is lying, even when he is right.
105. The sinning is the best part of repentance.
106. The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.
107. The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.
108. The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
109. There are no fans in hell.
110. There has to be a first time for everything -- even the most natural habits.
111. There is no greater misfortune than your own.
112. They wooed her and she resisted; they neglected her and she fell in love.
113. Think of the going out before you enter.
114. Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
115. Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
116. Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
117. Throw a resourceful person into a river, and he will probably come out with a fish in his hand.
118. Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.
119. Today it may be a fire, tomorrow it will be ashes.
120. Trust Allah, but tie up your camel.
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