Arabs are a population inhabiting the Arab world. They primarily live in the Arab states in Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and western Indian Ocean islands, as well as in significant numbers in the Americas, Western Europe, Indonesia, Israel, Turkey and Iran.

Arabic Proverbs
A book is a garden carried in the pocket. – Arabic Proverbs
A book that remains shut, is but a block. – Arabic Proverbs
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. – Arabic Proverbs
A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another. – Arabic Proverbs
A change is as good as a rest. – Arabic Proverbs
A day lasts until it’s chased away but love lasts until the grave. – Arabic Proverbs
A fable is a bridge that leads to truth. – Arabic Proverbs
A fat woman is a blanket for the winter. – Arabic Proverbs
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. – Arabic Proverbs
A friend advises in his interest, not yours. – Arabic Proverbs
A friend is known when needed. – Arabic Proverbs
A good deed dies when it is spoken about. – Arabic Proverbs
A good man is one who rejoices in the well-being of others. – Arabic Proverbs
A good orator makes us see with our ears. – Arabic Proverbs
A grateful dog has more worth than an ungrateful man. – Arabic Proverbs
A hand that has been chopped off cannot steal any more. – Arabic Proverbs
A heart free from care is better than a full purse. – Arabic Proverbs
A horse of good breed is not dishonored by his saddle. – Arabic Proverbs
A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats. – Arabic Proverbs
A house divided cannot stand. – Arabic Proverbs
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury. – Arabic Proverbs
A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest. – Arabic Proverbs
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth. – Arabic Proverbs
A lazy man will be an astrologer. – Arabic Proverbs
A learned man without work is a cloud without rain. – Arabic Proverbs
A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and rop makes an inundation. – Arabic Proverbs
A little bird wants but a little nest. – Arabic Proverbs
A little body doth often harbour a great soul. – Arabic Proverbs
A little debt makes a debtor, a great one an enemy. – Arabic Proverbs
A little spark can kindle a great fire. – Syria Proverbs
A man cannot be a good physician if he has never been sick himself. – Arabic Proverbs
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. – Arabic Proverbs
A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. “Why are you burning damp wood?” was his first comment. – Arabic Proverbs
A man’s worth depends on his two smallest organs: his heart and his tongue. – Arabic Proverbs
A mouth that praises and a hand that kills. – Arabic Proverbs
A mule can go to Mecca, but it will not come back as a pilgrim. – Arabic Proverbs
A poor man would like to have some fun, but he cannot find the right place. – Arabic Proverbs
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is the rain. – Arabic Proverbs
A scholar’s ink is worth as much as the blood of the martyr. – Arabic Proverbs
A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing. – Arabic Proverbs
A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life. – Arabic Proverbs
A small house is enough room for a thousand friends. – Syria Proverbs
A small tumbledown house is better than a communal palace. – Arabic Proverbs
A sponge to wipe away the past; a rose to sweeten the present; a kiss to greet the future. – Arabic Proverbs
A thousand curses never tore a shirt. – Arabic Proverbs
A tree that affords thee shade, do not order it to be cut down. – Arabic Proverb
A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being. – Arabic Proverbs
A wise man’s day is worth a fool’s life. – Arabic Proverbs
A woman’s belly is a garden with many kinds of fruit. – Arabic Proverbs
A woman’s mosque is her home. – Arabic Proverbs
Act like you are an idiot and everyone will respect you. – Arabic Proverbs
Advice given in the midst of a crowd is loathsome. – Arabic Proverbs
After dinner, rest; after supper walk a mile. – Arabic Proverbs
After lunch, rest; after dinner take a walk. – Arabic Proverbs
All authors should prepare to encounter criticism. – Iraqi Proverbs
All earthly goods we have only on loan. – Arabic Proverbs
All kinds of fame belong partly to others. – Arabic Proverbs
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immoveable, those that are moveable, and those that move. – Arabic Proverbs
All sunshine makes the desert. – Arabic Proverbs
Allah does not love the aggressors. – Arabic Proverbs
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. – Arabic Proverbs
An eloquent cock crows as soon as it comes out of the egg. – Arabic Proverbs
An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people. – Arabic Proverbs
An insult is but a short garment: it reveals the one who wears it. – Arabic Proverbs
An old lion will be mocked by the dogs. – Arabic Proverbs
An unjust king is like a river without water. – Arabic Proverbs
Another man’s bread will not fill your belly. – Arabic Proverbs
Any water in the desert will do. – Arabic Proverbs
Arrogance diminishes wisdom. – Arabic Proverbs
Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill. – Arabic Proverbs
Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will think you are his enemy. – Arabic Proverbs
Ask for your wife’s advice and then do the opposite. – Arabic Proverbs
Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin. – Arabic Proverbs
Ask the experienced rather than the learned. – Arabic Proverbs
Ask thy purse what thou should’st buy. – Arabic Proverbs
Ask your purse what you should buy. – Arabic Proverbs
At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend. – Arabic Proverbs
Attend funerals avoid weddings. – Arabic Proverbs
Avoid that which requires an apology. – Arabic Proverbs
Avoid the company of a liar. And if you can’t avoid him, don’t believe him. – Arabic Proverbs
Avoiding mistakes is better than apologizing after. – Arabic Proverbs
Be sure to have a controversial opinion, and men will talk about you. – Arabic Proverbs
Beauty doesn’t exist, men only dream it. – Arabic Proverbs
Beauty is power. – Arabic Proverbs
Beauty never travels in a group. – Arabic Proverbs
Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear. – Arabic Proverbs
Benefits make a man a slave. – Arabic Proverb
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. – Arabic Proverbs
Better a thousand enemies outside the tent than one within. – Arabic Proverbs
Better make profit out of manure than losses with musk. – Arabic Proverbs
Better to be a free dog than a caged lion. – Arabic Proverbs
Better to have bread and an onion with peace than stuffed fowl with strife. – Arabic Proverbs
Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly. – Arabic Proverbs
Beware the man who lavishes too much praise on you, he will later run you down. – Arabic Proverbs
Beware: some liars tell the truth. – Arabic Proverbs
Birds align with grain, but not with the stick. – Oman Proverbs
Blind eyes see better than blind hearts. – Arabic Proverbs
Blindness of the eye is better than blindness of the heart. – Arabic Proverbs
Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat. – Arabic Proverbs
Bravery without intelligence is not bravery. – Arabic Proverbs
Build with silver and cover with gold. – Oman Proverbs
By his own mouth does the liar expose himself. – Arabic Proverbs
Call someone your lord and he’ll sell you in the slave market. – Arabic Proverbs
Children are buttonholes that hold their parents together. – Arabic Proverbs
Choose the neighbor before the house. – Syria Proverbs
Choose your neighbor before your house and your companion before the road. – Arabic Proverbs
Compete, don’t envy. – Arabic Proverbs
Conversation is like making love; the man is the question, the woman the answer, and the union of both will bear fruit. – Arabic Proverbs
Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost. – Arabic Proverbs
Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man. – Arabic Proverbs
Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel. – Arabic Proverbs
Death is a black camel which kneels at every man’s gate. – Arabic Proverbs
Death rides a fast camel. – Arabic Proverbs
Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion. – Arabic Proverbs
Diligence is a great teacher. – Arabic Proverbs
Diligence is the mother of good luck. – Arabic Proverbs
Discord between the powerful is a fortune for the poor. – Arabic Proverbs
Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out. – Arabic Proverbs
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. – Arabic Proverbs
Do not drink poison to quench a thirst. – Palestine Proverbs
Do not ridicule the thin-bearded when you yourself have no beard. – Arabic Proverbs
Do not stand in a dangerous place trusting in miracles. – Arabic Proverbs
Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy. – Arabic Proverbs
Do not tell secrets in front of servants. – Arabic Proverbs
Don’t celebrate someone’s departing unless you know who will succeed him. – Arabic Proverbs
Don’t pour away your water on the strength of a mirage. – Arabic Proverbs
Don’t think you are eloquent just because a fool applauds you. – Arabic Proverbs
Doubt is the key to all knowledge. – Arabic Proverbs
Dwell among people for forty days. You will either become one of them or flee them. – Arabic Proverbs
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire. – Arabic Proverbs
Eat whatever you like, but dress as others do. – Arabic Proverbs
Even the one-eyed man winks to women. – Arabic Proverbs
Every age has its book. – Arabic Proverbs
Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper. – Arabic Proverbs
Every day of your life is a page of your history. – Arabic Proverbs
Every dog is a great barker at the door of his own house. – Arabic Proverbs
Every future is not far away. – Arabic Proverbs
Every head has its own kind of headache. – Arabic Proverbs
Every sun has to set. – Arabic Proverbs
Every village has certain drawbacks to it. – Oman Proverbs
Everything forbidden is desirable. – Arabic Proverbs
Everything is small at the beginning and then grows; except trouble, which is big at the beginning and still grows. – Arabic Proverbs
Evil people know one another. – Arabic Proverbs
Examine what is said, not him who speaks. – Arabic Proverbs
Example is better than precept. – Arabic Proverbs
Excuses are always mixed with lies. – Arabic Proverbs
Experiences are the spectacles of intellect. – Arabic Proverbs
Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. – Arabic Proverbs
Fate loves a rebel. – Arabic Proverbs
Fear not the man who fears God. – Arabic Proverbs
Fear the person who fears you. – Arabic Proverbs
Fire will burn itself out if it did not find anything to burn. – Arabic Proverbs
Follow the advice of the one who makes you cry, not from the one who makes you laugh. – Arabic Proverbs
Forgiveness is more satisfying than revenge. – Arabic Proverbs
Four things come not back – the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. – Arabic Proverbs
Give a man some cloth and he’ll ask for some lining. – Arabic Proverbs
Give me wool and tomorrow you will have a sheep. – Arabic Proverbs
Go and wake up your cook. – Arabic Proverbs
God bless him who pays visits – short visits. – Arabic Proverbs
God gave the giraffe a long neck so that He would not have to bend the palm tree. – Arabic Proverbs
God grant us no neighbor with two eyes. – Arabic Proverbs
God has spared the naked man from washing his clothes with soap. – Arabic Proverbs
God sells knowledge for labor – honor for risk. – Arabic Proverbs
Good deeds banish bad ones. – Arabic Proverbs
Good qualities never cancel out the bad, just as sugar is no antidote for poison. – Arabic Proverbs
Great care is no defense against Fate. – Arabic Proverbs
Habit is the sixth sense that dominates the other five. – Arabic Proverbs
Haste is the invention of the devil. – Arabic Proverbs
Have faith in a stone and you will be healed by it. – Lebanese Proverbs
He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion. – Arabic Proverbs
He fled from the rain and sat down under the waterspout. – Arabic Proverbs
He gets his passage for nothing and then winks at the captain’s wife. – Arabic Proverbs
He hit me, started to cry, and went straight to the judge to sue me – Arabic Proverbs
He left us and we rejoiced; then an even more unbearable person came. – Arabic Proverbs
He makes a dome out of a grain. – Arabic Proverbs
He promised me earrings, but then only pierced my ears. – Arabic Proverbs
He that counts his friend’s mistakes will be abandoned by him. – Arabic Proverbs
He that has long legs will go far. – Arabic Proverbs
He that has no money has no friends. – Arabic Proverbs
He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses. – Arabic Proverbs
He who does not shield himself from vilification receives it. – Arabic Proverb
He who eats alone chokes alone. – Arabic Proverbs
He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth. – Arabic Proverbs
He who has approved of wrongdoing is as guilty as he who has committed it. – Arabic Proverbs
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground. – Arabic Proverbs
He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. – Arabic Proverbs
He who is a slave of truth is a free man. – Arabic Proverbs
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man. Follow him. – Arabic Proverbs
He who lies for you will lie about you. – Arabic Proverbs
He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones. – Arabic Proverbs
He who looks up too much gets a pain in the neck. – Arabic Proverbs
He who loves thinks that the others are blind; the others think that he is crazy. – Arabic Proverbs
He who only thinks about what is in his belly is worth less than what comes out of it. – Arabic Proverbs
He who peeps at the neighbor’s window may chance to lose his eyes. – Arabic Proverbs
He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses. – Arabic Proverbs
He who predicts the future lies, even if he tells the truth. – Arabic Proverbs
He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light. – Arabic Proverbs
He who starts a lawsuit makes a hole in the dike. – Arabic Proverbs

Arabic Proverbs
He who steals an egg will steal a camel. – Arabic Proverbs
He who uses bad incense must be careful not to burn his sleeves. – Arabic Proverbs
He who walks alone shall surely arrive first. – Arabic Proverbs
He who walks through a field of onions, will smell like an onion. – Arabic Proverbs
He who wants to sell his honor will always find a buyer. – Arabic Proverbs
He who would visit a vice, never has far to travel. – Arabic Proverbs
Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman’s breasts. – Arabic Proverbs
Hit the iron while it’s still hot. – Palestine Proverbs
How can the person who is eating dates prohibit the eating of dates?– Arabic Proverb
I am a prince and you are a prince; who will lead the donkeys?. – Arabic Proverbs
I came to the place of my birth and cried, I came to the place of my birth and cried, “The friends of my youth, where are they?” And echo answered, “Where are they?” – Arabic Proverbs
If a dog offers to help you across the river, don’t ask if he is suffering from the mange. – Arabic Proverbs
If a man believes in a stone, that stone will serve him well. – Arabic Proverbs
If a man’s mouth were silent, then another part would speak. – Arabic Proverbs
If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity. – Arabic Proverbs
If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity. – Arabic Proverbs
If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement. – Lebanese Proverbs
If a wife is unfaithful then the husband is partly to blame. – Arabic Proverbs
If anyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view. – Lebanese Proverbs
If begging should unfortunately be your lot, knock at the large gates only. – Arabic Proverbs
If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul. – Arabic Proverbs
If man be a river, then woman will be a bridge. – Arabic Proverbs
If man’s mouth was silent, then another part would speak. – Arabic Proverbs
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. – Arabic Proverbs
If someone says “There is a wedding ceremony in the clouds,” then the women would soon arrive with their ladders. – Arabic Proverbs
If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow. – Arabic Proverbs
If the king says that it is night in the middle of the day, look up at the stars. – Arabic Proverbs
If the wind blows, ride it. – Arabic Proverbs
If there were no tears, our ribs would burn. – Arabic Proverbs
If we are both masters, then who shall lead the mules? – Arabic Proverbs
If you are a friend of the captain, you can wipe your hands on the sail. – Arabic Proverbs
If you are offered a bull, do not ask how much milk he will give. – Arabic Proverbs
If you buy cheap meat, you’ll smell what you have saved when it boils. – Arabic Proverbs
If you cannot take things by the head, then take them by the tail. – Arabic Proverbs
If you conduct yourself properly, then fear no one. – Iraqi Proverbs
If you count your friend’s mistakes, he will desert you. – Arabic Proverbs
If you do charity, your house will be always rich. – Arabic Proverbs
If you don’t know where you are going, look back to where you’ve come from. – Arabic Proverbs
If you give in to a fool, he will say, “This is because they are afraid of me.” – Arabic Proverbs
If you have an opinion, you better be determined. – Arabic Proverbs
If you have given away much of your wealth, then you have given a little of your heart. – Arabic Proverbs
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. – Arabic Proverbs
If you have never seen evil, look closely at yourself some time. – Arabic Proverbs
If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not. – Arabic Proverbs
If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end. – Arabic Proverbs
If you want to hit your mother-in-law, be sure to split her head. – Arabic Proverbs
If you want to kill a snake, chop off its head. – Arabic Proverbs
If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman. – Arabic Proverbs
If you’re a liar, you better have a good memory. – Arabic Proverbs
If your motive is good, a farting donkey won’t harm you. – Oman Proverbs
If your neighbor visits Mecca once, watch out for him. If he makes a second visit, you had better avoid him. After the third visit you had better move to another street. – Arabic Proverbs
In every village, there is a path that leads to the mill. – Syria Proverbs
In order to really love someone you must love him as though he was going to die tomorrow. – Arabic Proverbs
In the desert of life the wise travel by caravan, while the fool prefers to travel alone. – Arabic Proverbs
In the presence of Fate, the physician becomes a fool. – Arabic Proverbs
In the small lanes there are no brothers or friends. – Arabic Proverbs
Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone. – Arabic Proverbs
Insults should be written in the sand, and praises carved in stone. – Arabic Proverb
It is a sign of weakness just to let things happen. – Arabic Proverbs
It is better to cut off the head that has no pride. – Arabic Proverbs
It is better to die in revenge than to live on in shame. – Arabic Proverbs
It is easier not to commit a sin than to repent it. – Arabic Proverbs
It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees. – Arabic Proverbs
It is not the bullet that kills you, it is fate. – Arabic Proverbs
It makes no sense to try to forge the iron whilst it is still cold. – Arabic Proverbs
It may be a fire today – tomorrow it will be ashes. – Arabic Proverbs
It’s all fate and chance. – Arabic Proverbs
It’s better to be a free dog than a caged lion. – Arabic Proverbs
It’s better to have a thousand enemies outside of the tent than one inside the tent. – Arabic Proverbs
Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies. – Arabic Proverbs
Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks. – Arabic Proverbs
Keep away from trouble and sing to it. – Syria Proverbs
Keeping a secret is a commitment. – Arabic Proverbs
Kiss the hand of your enemy if you cannot chop it off: Envy has no rest. – Arabic Proverbs
Know each other as if your were brothers; negotiate deals as if you were strangers to each other. – Arabic Proverbs
Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone. – Arabic Proverbs
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. – Arabic Proverbs
Lack of intelligence is the greatest poverty. – Arabic Proverbs
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. – Arabic Proverbs
Leading by example is better than commandments. – Arabic Proverbs
Lending nourishes bad feeling. – Arabic Proverbs
Let the sword decide only after the plan has failed. – Arabic Proverbs
Lies are accepted once, not twice. – Arabic Proverbs
Lies are the plague of speech. – Arabic Proverbs
Life, like a fire, begins in smoke and ends in ashes. – Arabic Proverbs
Light your lamp first at home and afterwards at the mosque. – Arabic Proverbs
Live near water, and ask not about sustenance. – Oman Proverbs
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers. – Arabic Proverbs
Look and keep silent, and if you are eating meat, tell the world it’s fish. – Arabic Proverbs
Love lasts as long as does the reproach. – Arabic Proverbs
Love makes a man both blind and deaf. – Arabic Proverbs
Love overlooks defects; hatred magnifies them. – Lebanese Proverbs
Love sees clearly, hate even more so, but jealousy sees the most clear, because it is equal to love plus hate. – Arabic Proverbs
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. – Lebanese Proverbs
Lying and stealing are next door neighbors. – Arabic Proverbs
Lying is a disease, and truth is a cure. – Arabic Proverbs
Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam. – Arabic Proverbs
Make your bargain before beginning to plow. – Arabic Proverbs
Man is like a palm on the beach; moving with the wind of life. – Arabic Proverbs
Man was created in a hurry. – Arabic Proverbs
Mankind is made out of forgetfulness. – Arabic Proverbs
Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart. – Arabic Proverbs
Many wars have been caused by a single word. – Arabic Proverbs
Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out. – Arabic Proverbs
Meaningless laughter is a sign of ill-breeding. – Arabic Proverbs
Measure your guilt, then stretch your legs. – Arabic Proverbs
Meat and mass never hindered man. – Arabic Proverbs
Meeting death is better than escaping from it. – Arabic Proverbs
Men fear, but time fears the pyramids. – Arabic Proverbs
Men laugh with their heart, women only with their mouth. – Arabic Proverbs
Men learn little from success, but much from failure. – Arabic Proverbs
Men must sew up tears with gentleness. – Arabic Proverbs
Misfortune is easier to bear if you share it with many others. – Arabic Proverbs
Mistrust before you trust. – Arabic Proverbs
Money can build roads in the sea. – Arabic Proverbs
More than one war has been caused by a single word. – Arabic Proverbs
Most people forget everything except being ungrateful. – Arabic Proverbs
Mustaches hide the imperfections of the mouth. – Arabic Proverbs
My debtor is a worse payer even than I am. – Arabic Proverbs
My family is my strength and my weakness. – Arabic Proverbs
Never celebrate someone’s leaving, until you know who will succeed him. – Arabic Proverbs
Never give advice in a crowd. – Arabic Proverbs
Never sit in the place of a man who can say to you, Never sit in the place of a man who can say to you, “Rise.”. – Arabic Proverbs
Never speak ill of the dead. – Arabic Proverbs
Never tell your friends what your enemy may not hear. – Arabic Proverbs
Never trust a fool with a sword. – Arabic Proverbs
No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience. – Arabic Proverbs
No cure, no pay. – Arabic Proverbs
No good can come of one who has never kept a friendship. – Arabic Proverbs
No man is a good physician who has never been sick. – Arabic Proverbs
Nobody is perfect. – Palestine Proverbs
None but a mule denies his family. – Arabic Proverbs
Not to use trickery is also trickery. – Arabic Proverbs
Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man. – Arabic Proverbs
Obedience to a woman leads to hell. – Arabic Proverbs
Older than you by a day, wiser than you by a year. – Arabic Proverbs
On the day of victory no one is tired. – Arabic Proverbs
On the first of March, the crows begin to search. – Arabic Proverbs
Once you have decided to hit someone, then hit them hard because the retribution will be the same whether you hit hard or not. – Arabic Proverbs
Once you have found your rhythm, you will then know your God. – Arabic Proverbs
One coin in the money box makes more noise than when it is full. – Arabic Proverbs
One day in perfect health is a lot. – Arabic Proverbs
One hand cannot applaud. – Arabic Proverbs
One hand for oneself and one for the ship. – Arabic Proverbs
One is not born a warrior, you become one. – Arabic Proverbs
Only a mother can understand the suffering of a son. – Arabic Proverbs
Only death itself can end our hope. – Arabic Proverbs
Only he who understands is really sad. – Arabic Proverbs
Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand. – Arabic Proverbs
Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change. – Arabic Proverbs
Oppose your affection to find rationality. – Arabic Proverbs
Pardon is the choicest flower of victory. – Arabic Proverbs
Patience is beautiful. – Arabic Proverbs
Peace is only possible after war. – Arabic Proverbs
Play alone and you’re bound to win. – Arabic Proverbs
Proverbs are the lamp of speech. – Arabic Proverbs
Put things into their places, and they will put you into your place. – Arabic Proverbs
Rather a slip of the foot than a slip of the pen. – Arabic Proverbs
Rather the cruelty of the Turks than the justice of the Bedouins. – Arabic Proverbs
Reproaches are the soap of the heart. – Arabic Proverbs
Righteousness is half of religion. – Arabic Proverbs
Salt will never be worm-eaten. – Arabic Proverbs
Search knowledge though it be in China. – Arabic Proverbs
Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh. – Arabic Proverbs
Setting the conditions before you make an agreement is better than having an argument in the middle of the work. – Yemen Proverbs
Seven days king, seven days minister, slave for the rest of your life. – Arabic Proverbs
Seven trades but no luck. – Arabic Proverbs
Shall the gosling teach the goose to swim?. – Arabic Proverbs
Shallow waters mak’ maist din. – Arabic Proverbs
Show no fear to the man who picks up a big stone. – Arabic Proverbs
Silence is a brother of delight. – Arabic Proverbs
Silence is a cure for grief. – Arabic Proverbs
Silence is the best answer to the stupid. – Arabic Proverbs
Silence is the interpreter of happiness. – Arabic Proverbs
Silence is the sign of approval. – Arabic Proverbs
Sinning is the best part of repentance. – Arabic Proverbs
Sins of omission are seldom fun. – Arabic Proverbs

Arabic Proverbs
So long as I can keep a secret it is my prisoner. If I let it slip then I am its prisoner. – Arabic Proverbs
So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will stay warm. – Arabic Proverbs
Some men build a wine cellar after only finding one grape. – Lebanese Proverbs
Sometimes even the intestine and the stomach disagree. – Arabic Proverbs
Sometimes you need to sacrifice your beard in order to save your head. – Iraqi Proverbs
Spirit is the sword and experience the sharpening stone. – Arabic Proverbs
Spurs that are too sharp make even the mule rear. – Arabic Proverbs
Start seeking knowledge from the cradle up to the grave. – Arabic Proverbs
Sunshine all the time makes a desert. – Arabic Proverbs
Take wisdom from the wise – not everyone who rides a horse is a jockey. – Arabic Proverb
Talent without skill is like a desert without an oasis. – Arabic Proverbs
The angry hammer works off his fury on the steel. – Arabic Proverbs
The ass went seeking for horns and lost his ears. – Arabic Proverbs
The awakening of a giant shakes the world. – Arabic Proverbs
The barber learns to shave on the orphan’s face. – Arabic Proverbs
The benefits you get become the debts you owe to others. – Arabic Proverbs
The best act of generosity is that which is quickly done. – Arabic Proverbs
The best gift comes from the heart. – Arabic Proverbs
The best part of repentance is a little sinning. – Arabic Proverbs
The chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another. – Arabic Proverbs
The corn will bend but it still ends up in the mill. – Arabic Proverbs
The cure for bad times is patience. – Arabic Proverbs
The dawn does not come twice to awaken a man. – Arabic Proverbs
The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil. – Arabic Proverbs
The different sorts of madness are innumerable. – Arabic Proverbs
The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer. – Arabic Proverbs
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on. – Arabic Proverbs
The doorstep weeps for forty days whenever a girl is born. – Arabic Proverbs
The dreams of a cat are full of mice. – Arabic Proverbs
The dry reed does not seek the company of fire. – Arabic Proverbs
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. – Arabic Proverbs
The English are a nation of shopkeepers. – Arabic Proverbs
The envious person is the least happy. – Arabic Proverbs
The excess of one is the shortage of another. – Arabic Proverbs
The eyes are of little use if the mind be blind. – Arabic Proverbs
The fire is winter’s fruit. – Arabic Proverbs
The first will get the credit, even if the second is better. – Arabic Proverbs
The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue. – Arabic Proverbs
The fruit of silence is tranquility. – Arabic Proverbs
The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss. – Arabic Proverbs
The frying-pan says to the kettle, “Avaunt, black brows!” – Arabic Proverbs
The garlic complained to the onion, “You stink!” – Arabic Proverbs
The grave is our mother. – Arabic Proverbs
The greatest tranquility is when we desire nothing. – Arabic Proverbs
The hand of God is with the group. – Arabic Proverbs
The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry. – Arabic Proverbs
The hasty angler loses the fish. – Arabic Proverbs
The hasty hand catches frogs for fish. – Arabic Proverbs
The house of danger is built upon the borders of safety. – Arabic Proverbs
The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point. – Arabic Proverbs
The ink of a scholar is worth as much as the martyr’s blood. – Arabic Proverbs
The key to everything is determination. – Arabic Proverbs
The knife of the family does not cut. – Arabic Proverbs
The liar’s mother is a virgin. – Arabic Proverbs
The lion said: I am the best one to take care of my business. – Arabic Proverbs
The man with no patience waits for daylight, and when it comes he’ll be blind. – Arabic Proverbs
The men are the wool of the tribe, but the women are the ones who weave the pattern. – Arabic Proverbs
The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing. – Arabic Proverbs
The monkey looks into the mirror and sees a gazelle. – Arabic Proverbs
The most useful holy war is the one fought against your own passions. – Arabic Proverbs
The mother of someone who is killed can sleep; the mother of the murderer cannot. – Arabic Proverbs
The mouth of a canon is less dangerous than that of a scandalmonger. – Arabic Proverbs
The nail supports the hoof, the hoof the horse, the horse the man, the man the world. – Arabic Proverbs
The one who should be forgiven, is the one who’s able to punish. – Arabic Proverbs
The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind. – Arabic Proverbs
The person who deals in camels should make the doors high. – Syria Proverbs
The person who knew you when you were young will seldom respect you as an adult. – Lebanese Proverbs
The person who predicts the future is lying, even when he is right. – Arabic Proverbs
Recent Comments