472 Arab Proverbs / Page 20
- 191. If a dog offers to help you across the river, don't ask if he is suffering from the mange.
 - 192. If a man believes in a stone, that stone will serve him well.
- 193. If a man's mouth were silent, then another part would speak.
- 194. If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
- 195. 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.
- 196. If a wife is unfaithful then the husband is partly to blame.
- 197. If begging should unfortunately be your lot, knock at the large gates only.
- 198. If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.
- 199. If man be a river, then woman will be a bridge.
- 200. If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
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