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Funny Palestinian Wisdom

Posted by nabil medawar in Proverbs, tags:
  1. Away from the eye, away from the mind.
  2. Care now, be cared for later.
  3. Do good and throw it in the sea.
  4. Do good if you expect to receive it.
  5. Do not drink from a well and throw a stone into it.
  6. Do not drink poison to quench a thirst.
  7. Don’t just cross a river — cross it bearing fire.
  8. Every eye has its look.
  9. Every sheep is hung by its own leg.
  10. Far from grave, no praying.
  11. Go with the powerful and people will kneel before you.
  12. Hit the iron while it’s still hot.
  13. IF only I were a bird! Ah, but eating caterpillars?
  14. If you feed the mouth, the eye becomes shy.
  15. If you sit at a crossroads, you will get sick.
  16. Long ago did not live long ago.
  17. Nobody is perfect.
  18. Nobody will cut a head off except the one who put it on.
  19. Nobody will plough the land except its cows.
  20. Once deep pools, now a crossing place.
  21. One hand can’t clap.
  22. One thumb alone does not kill a louse.
  23. Only the soil knows when a young mouse is ill.
  24. Pride is the mask of our sins.
  25. Sell what you have bought while the dust is still on your shoes.
  26. The empty gives the way to the full.
  27. The eye cannot rise above the eyebrow.
  28. The eye is the one that eats.
  29. The eye of a master does more work than both his hands.
  30. The eye sees, but the hand can’t reach.
  31. The eye will often wander the road that love has taught.
  32. The heart is a tree; it grows where it wants.
  33. The house is our father’s and the strangers came to kick us out.
  34. The ignorant is his own enemy.
  35. The one who loves does not hate.
  36. There will be a day for the oppressor when he will be crushed like garlic.
  37. Those who dig an evil hole will fall into it.
  38. Too far for jackals? No worthwhile tree here!
  39. Whatever is written on the forehead is always seen.
  40. Whatever man had done, man may do.
  41. Where there is abundance, there is poverty.
  42. Who has no past, has no future.
  43. You only hear three voices in this world: the babbling of the stream, Jewish law, and money.
  44. You will not dare mistreating the face you see in the morning.
  45. Your close neighbor is better than your faraway brother.

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