Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Learning, Experience
I came to the place of my birth and cried, “The friends of my youth, where are they?” And echo answered, “Where are they?”
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Birth
Learning is a treasury whose keys are queries.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Learning
He who lies for you will lie about you.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Honesty, Lies
Wishing does not make a poor man rich.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Secrets of Success
Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Search knowledge though it be in China.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Knowledge
If someone says “There is a wedding ceremony in the clouds,” then the women would soon arrive with their ladders.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Weddings
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Mistakes
If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Charity
If the king says that it is night in the middle of the day, look up at the stars.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Kings
Every day of your life is a page of your history.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Age
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
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Class, Proverbs, Man
He who does not shield himself from vilification receives it.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Insults
Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Fate, Luck
Attend funerals avoid weddings.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Weddings
An unjust king is like a river without water.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Kings
Do not stand in a dangerous place trusting in miracles.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Miracles
Insults should be written in the sand, and praises carved in stone.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Praise
Your friend will swallow your mistakes; your enemy will present them on a plate.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Mistakes, Enemies
Work for your future as if you are going to live forever, for your afterlife as if you are going to die tomorrow.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Future
It’s all fate and chance.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Chance
Be sure to have a controversial opinion, and men will talk about you.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Opinion
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
—Arabic Proverb
A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Fear, Cats
Silence is the interpreter of happiness.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Happiness, Silence
The slave must be content with the joys of his master.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Joy
Diligence is the greatest of teachers.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Perseverance
He who is devoid of kindness is devoid of grace.
—Arabic Proverb
Topics: Kindness
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