Thursday, November 5, 2009

'Arabian Proverbs'

A thousand curses never tore a shirt.
Arabian Proverb

A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog travelling with good men becomes a rational being.
Arabian Proverb

All strangers are relations to each other.
Arabian Proverb

Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.
Arabian Proverb

Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.
Arabian Proverb

If I were to trade in winding sheets, no one would die.
Arabian Proverb

If the camel once get his nose in the tent, his body will follow.
Arabian Proverb

If you buy cheap meat, when it boils you smell what you have saved.
Arabian Proverb

Let the sword decide after the stratagem has failed.
Arabian Proverb

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
Arabian Proverb

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