Arabic Proverbs

Days are like countries. This means that a country might be great today, but not tomorrow. This applies to people as well.

Ask your purse what you should buy.

Ask the experienced rather than the learned.

There’s always tomorrow.

Forgetting is the plague of knowledge.

Winds blow counter to what the ship wants. You don’t always get everything your way.

Wishing does not make a poor man rich.

Good health is a crown worn by the healthy that only the ill can see.

The smarter you are, the less you speak.

Tougher than a stone.