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The person who deals in camels should make the doors high.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about people

Kiss any arm you cannot break, a and pray to God to break it.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about kiss, pray, god, contentment

Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about artists, writing, mother

The mouse fell from the ceiling, and the cat cried Allah!.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian

The zawan of your own country is better than the wheat of strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about country

It's better to deal with the devil we know than the devil we don't know.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about devil

The cloth of shame does not warm and if it does, it does so only briefly.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about shame

Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat, very poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about family, good, good luck

He who has his hand in the water is not like him who has his hand in the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about fire, fire brigade, water

Girl, do not exult in thy wedding dress; see how much trouble lurks behind it.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about marriage, problems

No one cries for losing money but the one who earned the money, no one cries for losing the child but his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about money, children, mother

A virgin may travel alone at midnight and be safe, and a purse of gold dropped in the road at midday will never be stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian

The stones of my river are as soft as a pillow.

Proverbs and old sayings

To eat with a bruise.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian

Water only flows into rivers.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about water

You are as obstinate as Potoru.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about contentment

That we may all our foes destroy.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about destruction

Never fear the sea, fear the storm.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about fear

Catch the bird but watch for the wave.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about trap

Every man is the builder of his own hut.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about man