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Ability
Ability has no school, Turkish
Abstinence
Practice abstinence, for riches will not last. South Lebanese
A lean man who is not hungry is harder than brass. Arabic
Acceptance
When everyone tells you you are an ass, thank God and bray. Moorish
Acguaintances
First befriend the dog. Maltese
He whom you know is better than he whom you do noy know. Tunisian
isi tof (Note A similar Tunisian proverb goes “The wors those whom you know is better than the best of those
you do not know.”)
Acre
What does Acre care for the swell of the sea? Lebanese
Actions
The planting of one tree is worth the prayers of a whole year. Turkish
Good deeds cut off tongues. Arabic
In haste is regret, in slowness peace. Tunisian
Adaptability That which bends does not break. South Lebanese
Throw a man into the sea and he will become a fish. Tunisian
He who changes his ways loses his happiness. Syrian
Advantage
The foot that is too swift must be cut off. Judaeo-Arabic
Advice Good advice is worth a camel. Lebanese
Seek advice from the old, and then do the opposite. Tunisian
Too much advice gives rise to enmity. Tunisian
Ask advice from a thousand men, ignore the advice of a Hi thousand more, then go back to your original decision. Lebanese
Too much advice and the suspicion arises: what does he want? Medieval Arabic
The man who follows his wife’s advice will never look on God’s face. Maltese
The man who has drunk once from the springs of Africa will drink from them again. Arabic
When you reach forty a new ailment is suffered every year. Arabic
Aggregation
One hair added to another makes a beard. Lebanese
The man who wants to get drunk does not count the 4 glasses. Medieval Arabic
When a drunkard smells a pomegranate he wants it to sin. Medieval Arabic
Ambassadors
An ambassador suffers no fall. Turkish
Ambition
To get what you want you must be prepared to kiss a dog on its mouth. Tunisian
Wield your sword and become an Emir, feed the poor and become a Shaikh. Lebanese
Climb like a cucumber, fall like an auberge. Arabic
He who rides a horse of wind with legs of wax melts in – the sun. Maltese
yon fall in love, fall in love with a prince, if you steal, steal silk, and if you knock at a door, knock at the door of a great man, so that when they revile you it will be for something big. Lebanese
No tree has ever reached the sky. Syrian
Every falcon dies with his eye fixed on his prey. Arabic
The camel that took for horns will lose his ears. Turkish
Stretch your feet only as your blanket allows. Turkish Every illiterate dreams of being prime minister, Turkish To lick the sky with the tongue. Arabic
(Nate A common proverbial expression carrying the same meaning as “reach for the moon’.)
If you can’t get what you want, want what you can ” get! Lebanese
Anger Sweeter than honey is anger, Turkish A beggar’s
Not everything round is a nut, not everything long is a banana. Lebanese .
The oleander is beautiful, the oleander is bitter. Moroccan
The’house may be imposing, but God knows what is Li inside it. Omani
An impotent man and a barren woman: where does the | child come from? Moorish
Eat what you like, but dress like everybody else. South . Lebinese
