129 Arabian Proverbs / Page 4
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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.