Proverbs and old sayings, page 330

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, stores, contentment

Don't think you are eloquent just because a fool applauds you.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The soul of a fool is always dancing on the tip of his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings about soul

Older than you by a day, more knowledgeable than you by a year.

Proverbs and old sayings about day, contentment

Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings about future, truth

A mule can go to Mecca, but it will not come back as a pilgrim.

Proverbs and old sayings

Came back with Hunain's shoes. meaning: Came back with nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing

The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.

Proverbs and old sayings about faith, heart

He who uses bad incense must be careful not to burn his sleeves.

Proverbs and old sayings about bad luck, bad

If you have never seen evil, look closely at yourself some time.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, things

Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone.

Proverbs and old sayings about insults

One coin in the money box makes more noise than when it is full.

Proverbs and old sayings about money

For every glance behind us, we have to look twice to the future.

Proverbs and old sayings about future

God has spared the naked man from washing his clothes with soap.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, god, man

A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another.

Proverbs and old sayings

The soul of an idiot is always dancing on the end of his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings about soul, end

Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself.

Proverbs and old sayings

The barking of dogs does not reduce the beggar's daily allotment.

Proverbs and old sayings

Rather the cruelty of the Turks than the justice of the Bedouins.

Proverbs and old sayings about cruelty, justice