591 Arabic Proverbs / Page 24
461. The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.
462. The frying-pan says to the kettle, "Avaunt, black brows!"
463. The garlic said to the onion: 'you stink.'
464. The goat does not get fat just by whispering.
465. The greatest poorness is the lack of brains.
466. The hand of God is with the group.
467. The horse knows its knight the best.
468. The idea came after the drunkness passed away.
469. The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point.
470. The jar broke and the wine spilled.
471. the key to all things is determination.
472. The knife of the family does not cut.
473. The living is more important than the dead.
474. The man and his woman is like the grave and its dead.
475. The man who wanted to milk the male goat failed.
476. The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.
477. The mistake of the scientist leads to mistakes by many people.
478. The monkey in his mother's eye is a gazelle.
479. The most praised form of fluency is silence when talk isn't wise.
480. The mule was asked: "Who is your father?" It responded with: "The horse is my uncle."