A sponge to wipe away the past; a rose to sweeten the present; a kiss to greet the future.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Future, Past
I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors all of us against the foreigner.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Quarrels, Fight, Fighting, Brothers
He that counts his friend’s mistakes will be abandoned by him.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Mistakes
The slave must be content with the joys of his master.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Joy
An unjust king is like a river without water.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Kings
Better to have bread and an onion with peace than stuffed fowl with strife.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Peace
Every day of your life is a page of your history.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Age
Proverbs are the lamp of speech.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Speech
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.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Marriage
He who does not shield himself from vilification receives it.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Insults
When you die, your sister’s tears will dry as time goes on, your widow’s tears will end in another’s arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Bad Times
Diligence is the greatest of teachers.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Perseverance
To the pure, all things are pure.
—Arabic Proverb
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Hope, Health, Realism, Awareness
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Power
The dearest to me are those of best character.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Character
The word of the king is the king of words.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Kings
Benefits make a man a slave.
—Arabic Proverb
The house of danger is built upon the borders of safety
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Safety, Proverbs
The dung beetle, seeing its child on the wall, thinks it sees a pearl on a thread.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Perception
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Vice
God sells knowledge for labor—honor for risk.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Knowledge
The cure for bad times is patience.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Bad Times
So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will stay warm.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Friendship
There are five ways in which to become wise: be silent, listen, remember, grow older and study.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Memory
None but a mule denies his family.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Family
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Friendship, Friends
What comes with ease goes with ease.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Life
God bless him who pays visits—short visits.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Blessings
Walls are the notebooks of fools.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Book