Topic: Arabic Proverbs

[Jennifer-]

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.
Source: (Arabic)


A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
Source: (Arabic)


A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
Source: (Arabic)


A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being.
Source: (Arabic)


Arrogance diminishes wisdom.
Source: (Arabic)


At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.
Source: (Arabic)


He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
Source: (Arabic)


Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart.
Source: (Arabic)

[Jennifer-]

Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand.
Source: (Arabic)


Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change.
Source: (Arabic)


Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.
Source: (Arabic)


The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.
Source: (Arabic)


The fruit of silence is tranquility.
Source: (Arabic)



The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.
Source: (Arabic)


The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.
Source: (Arabic)

The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind.
Source: (Arabic)

When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does.
Source: (Arabic)


Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
Source: (Arabic)



You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside.
Source: (Arabic)

[Jennifer-]

An intelligent deaf-mute is better than an ignorant person who can speak.



A man with one plan (lit. intention) goes out (to execute it); a man with two plans becomes perplexed.


Tire out your body, but not your mind.


A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
Source: (Arabian)

A little body doth often harbour a great soul.
Source: (Arabian)

A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
Source: (Arabian)

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are moveable, and those that move.
Source: (Arabian)


Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.
Source: (Arabian)


Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate.
Source: (Arabian)


Diligence is a great teacher.
Source: (Arabian)

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
Source: (Arabian)


If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.
Source: (Arabian)

Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone.
Source: (Arabian)


Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
Source: (Arabian)


No man is a good physician who has never been sick.
Source: (Arabian)