472 Arab Proverbs / Page 4
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An eloquent cock crows as soon as it comes out of the egg.62.
An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.63.
An insult is but a short garment: it reveals the one who wears it.64.
An old lion will be mocked by the dogs.65.
An unjust king is like a river without water.66.
Another man's bread will not fill your belly.67.
Any water in the desert will do.68.
Arrogance diminishes wisdom.69.
Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.70.
Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will think you are his enemy.71.
Ask for your wife's advice and then do the opposite.72.
Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin.73.
Ask the experienced rather than the learned.74.
Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy.75.
At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.76.
Attend funerals avoid weddings.77.
Be sure to have a controversial opinion, and men will talk about you.78.
Beauty doesn't exist, men only dream it.79.
Beauty is power.80.
Beauty never travels in a group.