Arabic Proverbs

Arabic Proverbs distill wisdom from desert life, caravan trade, and Qur’anic ethics. Rich in metaphor and rhyme, they praise honor, hospitality, and patience, guiding choices in family, work, and fate.

Leave evil, it will leave you.

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Generosity will be discredited if it is given in excess.

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Appetite comes with the first bite, and a quarrel with the first word.

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Any wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend.

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Silence is a brother of delight.

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If you've done good, stay silent; if good has been done to you, share to others.

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Don't celebrate someone's departing unless you know who will succeed him.

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All sunshine makes a desert.

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A woman's belly is a garden with many kinds of fruit.

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The eyes are of little use if the mind be blind.

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Cooler than ice.

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He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has every thing.

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A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and rop makes an inundation.

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A man cannot be a good physician if he has never been sick himself.

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A fable is a bridge that leads to truth.

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A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.

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A small tumbledown house is better than a communal palace.

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After dinner, rest; after supper walk a mile.

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An eloquent cock crows as soon as it comes out of the egg.

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An insult is but a short garment: it reveals the one who wears it.

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An old lion will be mocked by the dogs.

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Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy.

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