472 Arab Proverbs / Page 5
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Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear.82.
Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.83.
Better a thousand enemies outside the tent than one within.84.
Better make profit out of manure than losses with musk.85.
Better to be a free dog than a caged lion.86.
Better to have bread and an onion with peace than stuffed fowl with strife.87.
Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.88.
Beware the man who lavishes too much praise on you, he will later run you down.89.
Beware: some liars tell the truth.90.
Blind eyes see better than blind hearts.91.
Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat.92.
Bravery without intelligence is not bravery.93.
Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.94.
Children are buttonholes that hold their parents together.95.
Choose your neighbor before your house and your companion before the road.96.
Compete, don't envy.97.
Conversation is like making love; the man is the question, the woman the answer, and the union of both will bear fruit.98.
Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost.99.
Dawn does not come to awaken a man a second time.100.
Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.