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Arabic Proverbs
Arabic Proverbs
Quotes
Any wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend.
Translation: Time is like a sword; if you don't cut it it'll cut you.
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present"
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (1985)
Manṣūr, ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (1987). Mudhakkirāt kāìn maḥmūm (http://books.google.com/books?id=Hy4zAAAAIA
AJ).
Bedouin Proverbs
اﻟﻄﻮل ﻃﻮل ﻧﺨﻠﺔ واﻟﻌﻘﻞ ﻋﻘﻞ ﺳﺨﻠﺔ
Translation: [He has] The length of a palm tree but the brain of a goat.
اﻟﺮﺟﻞ اﻟﺤﻴﻮان.(2008) ، درﻳﻊ,( ﻓﻮزﻳﺔhttp://books.google.com/books?id=Y7kyAQAAIAAJ). ﻣﻨﺸﻮرات اﻟﺠﻤﻞ،.
Riches have disclosed in thy ccharacter the bad qualities fformerly hhidden by thy poverty.
"You get freedom by letting your eenemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get
it. It's the only way you'll get it."
Malcolm X, Advice to the Youth of Mississippi (1964)
Ouseley (1830). Arabic Proverbs: Or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (https://books.goo
gle.com/books?id=6tZYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA163). J. Murray. p. 163.
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