77 quotes found
“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
“Haste is from the Devil.”
“The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”
“As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)”
“He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.”
“Hit your hand on a stone and expect it to hurt.”
“Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.”
“A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.”
“Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened.”
“Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.”
“The bowl is warmer than the soup.”
“When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.”
“There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men.”
“The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.”
“The skilled artisan uses the same iron to make a horseshoeAs he does for a polished mirror for the King.”
“God provides the food, men provide the cooks.”
“The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.”
“When you get a principle on which everyone is agreed, you get the beginning of complacency and deterioration.”
“Whatever goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.”
