Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about good, good luck, contentment
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Believe the liar up to the door of his house and no further than that.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about faith, home, house
Your friend chooses pebbles for you and your enemy counts your faults.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about enemies, contentment
The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
He whose house is made out of glass, shouldn't throw stones at people.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about home, house, people
I am talking to you, daughter-in-law, so that you could hear it, neighbor.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about talking, law, contentment
Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about dignity, proudness, man
If you have to drag a dog to the hunt, neither he nor his hunting is any good.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about good, good luck, contentment
If you put a rope around your neck, many people will be glad to drag you by it.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about people, contentment
Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he'll leave or a disaster will take him out.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about disaster, bad luck, bad
If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about wealth, money, contentment
That which is said in your heart, let it be realized by springing up spontaneously -
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about heart
The woman who does not covet the possessions of her husband is in love with another man.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about husband, woman, love, man
When you're at the dealing table, always look for the sucker-- and make sure it isn't you.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about contentment
They couldn't find any reason to criticize the roses, so they complained that they were red.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about reason
Those who are in the following of the prince of everlastingness and God of Life, sing with joy.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about joy, life, god
The man who has plenty of means of existence, conducts himself pretty much as he himself wishes.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about existence, man
Honorable is the person who is aware of his power, yet refrains from inflicting bad things onto others.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about power, people, things, bad luck, bad
Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won't get any reward greater than that destined for you.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about reward, contentment
Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald, yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
