Egyptian proverbs

Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources.

Believe the liar up to the door of his house and no further than that.

Your friend chooses pebbles for you and your enemy counts your faults.

The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go.

He whose house is made out of glass, shouldn't throw stones at people.

I am talking to you, daughter-in-law, so that you could hear it, neighbor.

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone.

If you have to drag a dog to the hunt, neither he nor his hunting is any good.

If you put a rope around your neck, many people will be glad to drag you by it.

Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he'll leave or a disaster will take him out.

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