472 Arab Proverbs / Page 4
- 31. A man cannot be a good physician if he has never been sick himself.
 - 32. A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
- 33. A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. "Why are you burning damp wood?" was his first comment.
- 34. A man's worth depends on his two smallest organs: his heart and his tongue.
- 35. A mouth that praises and a hand that kills.
- 36. A mule can go to Mecca, but it will not come back as a pilgrim.
- 37. A mule who goes in search of a fine set of antlers, will come back with his ears cut off.
- 38. A poor man would like to have some fun, but he cannot find the right place.
- 39. A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is the rain.
- 40. A scholar's ink is worth as much as the blood of the martyr.
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