ARABIAN QUOTATIONS
Compiled by Justin Tyme*
The Wisdom of Arabia
The wisdom of Arabia is limitless. For thousands of years Arabs have been trading and doing business. Many proverbs of Arabia deal with business. Here are some favorites.
"A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away."
-- Arabian Proverb"Live together like brothers and do business like strangers."
-- Arabian Proverb"All sunshine makes the desert."
-- Arabian Proverb"Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire."
-- Arabian Proverb"Examine what is said, not him who speaks."
-- Arabian Proverb"The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion."
-- Arabian Proverb"Blessed is he who speaks a kindness; thrice blessed is he who repeats it."
-- Arabian Proverb"He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything."
-- Arabian Proverb"Never give advice in a crowd."
-- Arabian Proverb"An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep."
-- Arabian Proverb"Ask the experienced rather than the learned."
-- Arabian Proverb"Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles."
-- Arabian Proverb"It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees."
-- Arabian Proverb"Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward."
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud"Write the bad things that are done to you in the sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble."
-- Arabian Proverb"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."
-- Arabian Proverb"He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth."
-- Arabian Proverb"A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain."
-- Arabian Proverb"The willing contemplation of vice is vice."
-- Arabian Proverb"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart."
-- Arabian ProverbThese quotations were collected by writer and www.com reporter, Justin Tyme.
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