Arabian Proverb Quotations

Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.

If the camel once gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow

He who peeps at the neighbor's window may chance to lose his eyes

He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers

Who does not go with you, go with him

Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.

When you are an anvil be patient; when a hammer, strike

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly

Because I have been athirstI will dig a well that others may drink.

Every day of your life is a page of your history

The world belongs to the rascals, Heaven belongs to the good

The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.

The sinning is the best part of repentance

Pray to God for what men can give you and your prayers may be answered

The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind

A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain

A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.

The mistakes of the learned man are like a shipwreck which wrecks many others with it

A book is a garden carried in the pocket

A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.

Eat whatever thou likest, but dress as others do

The best part of repentance is little sinning

No man is a good physician who has never been sick

If you have no power to prevail over someone, leave it to God.

If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end

Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.

The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry

A horse of good breed is not dishonored by his saddle

The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue

The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss

A mouth that praises and a hand that kills