69 Lebanese Proverbs / Page 3
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Love overlooks defects; hatred magnifies them.42.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.43.
Nights of pleasure are short.44.
No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven.45.
No one can give what he does not have.46.
Only your nail scratches your skin.47.
Some men build a wine cellar after only finding one grape.48.
Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape.49.
Talking is not like doing.50.
The day will come for the despot to pay.51.
The person who knew you when you were young will seldom respect you as an adult.52.
The pot always reveals its contents.53.
The son of a son is dear, the son of a daughter a stranger.54.
The son of an old man is an orphan, and his wife is a widow.55.
The worst ache is the present ache.56.
Ticks, bedbugs and a crying child are unendurable.57.
Two things cannot be hidden: being astride a camel and being pregnant.58.
We taught them how to beg, they raced us to the gates.59.
We traded in shrouds; people stopped dying.60.
Whatever your uncle gives you, take.