591 Arabic Proverbs / Page 12
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If destiny does not fit you, fit yourself to destiny.222.
If meat is expensive then patience is cheap.223.
if no agreement, then separation.224.
If not for religion, people would've killed each other.225.
If patience is sour then its result is sweet.226.
If talk is silver then silence is gold.227.
If the hair was precious, wouldn't grow on the ass.228.
If the heart is empty, the rest will soon abandon you too.229.
If the people wanted life, destiny better respond.230.
If the water is available you need not clean up with sand.231.
If there's no choice but advice, ask for the decisiveness of an advisor or the advice of a decisive person.232.
If thy beloved was honey, don't lick all of him.233.
If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges.234.
If you are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it.235.
If you are to hit then make it painful, because you'll get one blame eitherways.236.
If you buy cheap meat, when it boils you smell what you have saved.237.
If you can't reward then you should thank.238.
If you conduct yourself properly, fear no one.239.
If you don't want to be disgraced, do as others do.240.
If you dress in gold or silk, you are still the same green grocer.