Proverbs

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"Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them." --Aldous Huxley

All sunshine makes desert.
Ask the experienced rather than the learned
Don't stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles
Examine what is said, not him who speaks
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.--Khalil Gibran
Never give advice in a crowd
If you strike mud against the wall, even though it does not stick, it will leave a mark
After dinner, rest; after supper walk a mile
A good book is like a garden carried in the pocket
Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your fault

The discontented child cries for toasted snow

If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not.

Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.

A good wine praises itself

When God wishes a man well, He gives him insight into his faults.

Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.

Examine what is said, not him who speaks

A new broom sweeps clean

The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
When danger approaches sing to it
One Hand Alone Cannot Clap

Proverbes Tunisiens

Arnander, Primrose, and Ashkhain Skipwith. The Son of a Duck is a Floater and Other Arab Sayings with English Equivalents. Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb. London: Stacey, 1985. 90 pp.