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A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another.
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A change is as good as a rest.
Source: (Arabic)
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A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause,
speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without
object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for
friends.
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A friend advises in his interest, not yours.
Source: (Arabic)
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A horse of good breed is not dishonored by his saddle.
Source: (Arabic)
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A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.
Source: (Arabic)
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A house divided cannot stand.
Source: (Arabic)
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A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
Source: (Arabic)
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A mouth that praises and a hand that kills.
Source: (Arabic)
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A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.
Source: (Arabic)
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A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we
walk the tightrope of life.
Source: (Arabic)
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A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog
traveling with good men becomes a rational being.
Source: (Arabic)
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Arrogance diminishes wisdom.
Source: (Arabic)
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Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.
Source: (Arabic)
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Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
Source: (Arabic)
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Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy.
Source: (Arabic)
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At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.
Source: (Arabic)
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Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear.
Source: (Arabic)
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Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.
Source: (Arabic)
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Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will
both come out.
Source: (Arabic)
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Eat whatever thou likest, but dress as others do.
Source: (Arabic)
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Eat whatever you like, but dress as others do.
Source: (Arabic)
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Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.
Source: (Arabic)
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Every day of your life is a page of your history.
Source: (Arabic)
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Every sun has to set.
Source: (Arabic)
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Give a man some cloth and he'll ask for some lining.
Source: (Arabic)
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He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion.
Source: (Arabic)
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He who peeps at the neighbor's window may chance to lose his
eyes.
Source: (Arabic)
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He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
Source: (Arabic)
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He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity
light.
Source: (Arabic)
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If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his
stupidity.
Source: (Arabic)
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Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart.
Source: (Arabic)
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Meaningless laughter is a sign of ill-breeding.
Source: (Arabic)
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Measure your guilt, then stretch your legs.
Source: (Arabic)
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Meat and mass never hindered man.
Source: (Arabic)
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No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.
Source: (Arabic)
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No cure, no pay.
Source: (Arabic)
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Older than you by a day, wiser than you by a year.
Source: (Arabic)
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One hand cannot applaud.
Source: (Arabic)
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One hand for oneself and one for the ship.
Source: (Arabic)
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Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand.
Source: (Arabic)
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Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change.
Source: (Arabic)
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Patience is beautiful.
Source: (Arabic)
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Proverbs are the lamp of speech.
Source: (Arabic)
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Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes
you laugh.
Source: (Arabic)
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Seven trades but no luck.
Source: (Arabic)
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Shall the gosling teach the goose to swim?
Source: (Arabic)
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Shallow waters mak' maist din.
Source: (Arabic)
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The ass went seeking for horns and lost his ears.
Source: (Arabic)
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The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.
Source: (Arabic)
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