472 Arab Proverbs / Page 13
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Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.242.
Lending nourishes bad feeling.243.
Let the sword decide only after the plan has failed.244.
Lies are accepted once, not twice.245.
Life, like a fire, begins in smoke and ends in ashes.246.
Light your lamp first at home and afterwards at the mosque.247.
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.248.
Look and keep silent, and if you are eating meat, tell the world it's fish.249.
Love lasts as long as does the reproach.250.
Love makes a man both blind and deaf.251.
Love sees clearly, hate even more so, but jealousy sees the most clear, because it is equal to love plus hate.252.
Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.253.
Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam.254.
Make your bargain before beginning to plow.255.
Man is like a palm on the beach; moving with the wind of life.256.
Man was created in a hurry.257.
Mankind is made out of forgetfulness.258.
Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart.259.
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.260.
Meaningless laughter is a sign of ill-breeding.