472 Arab Proverbs / Page 16
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Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand.302.
Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change.303.
Pardon is the choicest flower of victory.304.
Patience is beautiful.305.
Peace is only possible after war.306.
Play alone and you're bound to win.307.
Proverbs are the lamp of speech.308.
Put things into their places, and they will put you into your place.309.
Rather a slip of the foot than a slip of the pen.310.
Rather the cruelty of the Turks than the justice of the Bedouins.311.
Reproaches are the soap of the heart.312.
Righteousness is half of religion.313.
Salt will never be worm-eaten.314.
Search knowledge though it be in China.315.
Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.316.
Seven days king, seven days minister, slave for the rest of your life.317.
Seven trades but no luck.318.
Shall the gosling teach the goose to swim?319.
Shallow waters mak' maist din.320.
Show no fear to the man who picks up a big stone.