Arabian proverbs

Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam.

The doorstep weeps for forty days whenever a girl is born.

An eloquent cock crows as soon as it comes out of the egg.

Like the needle which clothes others while remaining naked.

Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.

Literal meaning: Give me long life and throw me in the sea.

Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.

Patience is the key of joy; but haste is the key to sorrow.

It may be a fire today, but tomorrow it will be only ashes.

When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does.

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