472 Arab Proverbs / Page 7
121. Even the one-eyed man winks to women.
122. Every age has its book.
123. Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.
124. Every day of your life is a page of your history.
125. Every dog is a great barker at the door of his own house.
126. Every future is not far away.
127. Every head has its own kind of headache.
128. Every sun has to set.
129. Everything is small at the beginning and then grows; except trouble, which is big at the beginning and still grows.
130. Evil people know one another.
131. Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
132. Example is better than precept.
133. Excuses are always mixed with lies.
134. Experiences are the spectacles of intellect.
135. Fate loves a rebel.
136. Fear not the man who fears God.
137. Fear the person who fears you.
138. Follow the advice of the one who makes you cry, not from the one who makes you laugh.
139. Forgiveness is more satisfying than revenge.
140. Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.