472 Arab Proverbs / Page 24
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You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside.462.
You can always find good elements in the misfortune that strikes you.463.
You cannot carry two watermelons in one hand.464.
You know a man by the sweat of his brow and the strength of his word.465.
You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.466.
You only own that which you have earned.467.
You will get no nourishment from the flesh of a woman.468.
You won't gain knowledge by drinking ink.469.
Your friend will swallow your mistakes, your enemy will present them on a plate.470.
Your tongue is like a horse -- if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you treat it badly, it treats you badly.471.
Youth is a kind of illness cured only by the passing years.472.
Youths are like waves of the sea, the elderly have strength instead of tide.