Arabic proverbs

thumb|He who doesn't know the falcon roasts it. Proverbs from all Arabic speaking parts of the world. Quotes If a falcon hunts mice he is worthless. Islam, A Way of Life by Philip K. Hitti Any wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend. Quoted in Carol Bardenstein, Translation and Transformation in Modern Arabic Literature:The Indigenous Assertions of Muḥammad 'Uthmān Jalāl, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005, p. 66. The food of the lion (causes) indigestion to the wolf. As quoted in Arabic Proverbs: Or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by John Lewis Burckhardt and William Ouseley (1830). The remedy may be worse than the disease. English equivalent: The remedy is often worse than the disease; Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. "Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA232 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 232 Atmaram Sadashiv G. Jayakar Reimpresa 1900 Omani proverbs Oleander Press 69 72 0906672120 He with no ears gets the earrings ! Quoted in Bardenstein (2005), p. 66 When suitors came asking for her hand, she played hard-to-get, when they all left her, she regretted it. Quoted in Bardenstein (2005), p. 66 حبل الكذب قصير Translation: The rope of lying is short. English equivalent: A lie has short legs. "And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis butThe truth in masquerade." Lord Byron, Don Juan (1818-24), Canto XI, Stanza 37 Katibah Habib Ibrahim The new spirit in Arab lands http://books.google.com/books?id=ary6AAAAIAAJ 1940 Published privately by the author 121 كل ساقط له لاقط Translation: Every faller has a catcher. حسن دين، محمد علي الامثال الشعبية http://books.google.com/books?id=tYFMAQAAIAAJ 2011 دار المحجة البيضاء للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع، لا يفل الحديد إلا الحديد Translation: Only iron strikes iron. English equivalent: Fight fire with fire. al-Kitäb http://books.google.com/books?id=lz0iAQAAIAAJ 1946 الوقت كالسيف إن لم تقطعه قطعك 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 Mudhakkirāt kāìn maḥmūm http://books.google.com/books?id=Hy4zAAAAIAAJ 1987 رجع بخفي حنين Translation: He came back empty-handed. https://al-hikma.org/%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B9_%D8%A8%D8%AE%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%AD%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86 رجع بخفي حنين - الحكمة Arabic Bedouin Proverbs الطول طول نخلة والعقل عقل سخلة Translation: [He has] The length of a palm tree but the brain of a goat. فوزية دريع، الرجل الحيوان http://books.google.com/books?id=Y7kyAQAAIAAJ 2008 منشورات الجمل، إلى كثروا الرعيان ضاعت الغنم If the herders are a lot the sheep will get lost. English equivalent: Too many cooks spoiled the broth. "There may not be that natural connection and unity so essential to any production of merit." Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173 1845 Munroe and Company 173 انا اخبر بشمس بلديي I best know the sun of my own country. Arabic Proverbs: Or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians اللي مايعرف الصقر يشويه Translation: He who doesn't know the falcon roasts it Nawfal Yūsuf Ḥasan محمد عبد الحليم عبد الله: حياته وأدبه http://books.google.com/books?id=bhEiAQAAMAAJ 1981 عمادة شؤون المكتبات، جامعة الرياض، لا تقول بـُر ليـن توكيــه Translation: Don't say its wheat until you harvest it English equivalent: Sell not the bear's skin before you have caught him. Meaning: "Do not plan too far ahead and do not be too optimistic. One cannot be sure of the success of a job until it is completed. Unforeseen unfavourable developments can never be excluded." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 217 X Riches have disclosed in thy character the bad qualities formerly hidden by thy poverty. Ouseley Arabic Proverbs: Or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians https://books.google.com/books?id=6tZYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA163 1830 J. Murray 163 I love you so I overlook your defects. I hate you so I magnify your shortcomings. English equivalentː Faults are thick where love is thin. Furayḥah Anīs Modern Lebanese Proverbs: Collected at Râs Al-Matn, Lebanon; Collated, Annotated and Translated to English https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex5lAAAAMAAJ 1953 163 Category:Proverbs by language Category:Arabic language