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.

More Arabic Proverbs

• Laughing without a reason is rude.
• Winds blow counter to what the ship wants. You don’t always get everything your way.
• Opinion comes before the bravery of the braves.
• If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank.
• You are striking cold iron. This means you’re trying to change something that you can’t.
• The rope of lies is short. There is only so much leeway you have when you lie. Once that very short rope runs out, you’ll have to face the consequences.
• The stupid might want to help you, but they just ended up hurting you.
• Wishing does not make a poor man rich.
• Everyone is critical of the flaws of others, but blind to their own.
• What is learned in youth is carved in stone.
• Be wary around your enemy once, and your friend a thousand times. A double crossing friend knows more about what harms you.
• Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
• It’s better to avoid mistakes altogether than do something that you should apologize for after.
• Good health is a crown worn by the healthy that only the ill can see.
• Like a fish in water. Another way to say that someone is a natural.
• Be in the world, but not of the world.
• Think of the going out before you enter.
• Give your friends your money and your blood, but don’t justify yourself. Your enemies won’t believe it and your friends won’t need it.
• 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.
• There’s always tomorrow.
• You can’t clap with one hand.
• Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
• The mouth should have three gatekeepers. Is it true? Is it kind? And is it necessary?
• Go with the lesser of two evils.
• Distance equals disaffection.
• Forgetting is the plague of knowledge.
• There is always something to learn from experimentation.