591 Arabic Proverbs / Page 6
- 51. Arrogance over the arrogant is modesty.
 - 52. Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you.
- 53. Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
- 54. Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy.
- 55. At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.
- 56. Ate and praised is better than ate and was silence.
- 57. Avoid the company of a liar. And if you can't avoid him, don't believe him.
- 58. Avoid what will require an apology.
- 59. Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.
- 60. Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times, for a double crossing friend knows more evil.
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