472 Arab Proverbs / Page 14
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Measure your guilt, then stretch your legs.262.
Meat and mass never hindered man.263.
Men fear, but time fears the pyramids.264.
Men laugh with their heart, women only with their mouth.265.
Men learn little from success, but much from failure.266.
Men must sew up tears with gentleness.267.
Misfortune is easier to bear if you share it with many others.268.
Mistrust before you trust.269.
Money can build roads in the sea.270.
More than one war has been caused by a single word.271.
Most people forget everything except being ungrateful.272.
Moustaches hide the imperfections of the mouth.273.
My debtor is a worse payer even than I am.274.
Never celebrate someone's leaving, until you know who will succeed him.275.
Never give advice in a crowd.276.
Never sit in the place of a man who can say to you, "Rise.".277.
Never speak ill of the dead.278.
Never tell your friends what your enemy may not hear.279.
Never trust a fool with a sword.280.
No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.