472 Arab Proverbs / Page 3
- 21. A house divided cannot stand.
 - 22. A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
- 23. A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.
- 24. A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
- 25. A lazy man will be an astrologer.
- 26. A learned man without work is a cloud without rain.
- 27. A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and rop makes an inundation.
- 28. A little bird wants but a little nest.
- 29. A little body doth often harbour a great soul.
- 30. A little debt makes a debtor, a great one an enemy.
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