157 Egyptian Proverbs / Page 6
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Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won't get any reward greater than that destined for you.102.
Shining I Inside, let Him guide my heart.103.
Silence is more than just a lack of words.104.
Silence is the best answer to the stupid.105.
Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes.106.
That which is said in your heart, let it be realized by springing up spontaneously -107.
The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel.108.
The bullet that doesn't hit anything still makes a noise.109.
The costly news of today will be free tomorrow.110.
The day cuts off the promise of the night.111.
The dream of cats is all mice.112.
The glow soon becomes ashes.113.
The heart of a servant that is not beaten is full of curses.114.
The idiot who has his eye on your wife is like a blood sucking fly.115.
The man who has plenty of means of existence, conducts himself pretty much as he himself wishes.116.
The man who marries my mother, I call him uncle.117.
The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go.118.
The miser destroys what he collected.119.
The miserable got together with the hopeless.120.
The opinion of the intelligent is better than the certainty of the ignorant.