12 sayings with source references.
Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.
By six qualities may a fool be known: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without motive; inquiry, without an object; trust in a stranger; and incapacity to discriminate between friend and foe.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 108
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Riches disclose in a man's character the bad qualities formerly concealed in his poverty.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 148
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Poverty without debt is independence.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 208
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What avails your wealth, if it makes you arrogant to the poor?Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 267
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Words of blame from those who are hostile to a great man cannot injure him. The moon is not hurt when barked at by a dog.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 398
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Among wonderful things is a sore-eyed man who is an oculist.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 421
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Inquire about your neighbour before you build, and about your companions before you travel.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 450
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If thou shouldst find thy friend in the wrong reprove him secretly, but in the presence of company praise him.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 547
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Listen, if you would learn; be silent, if you would be safe.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 556
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Scratch yourself with your own nails; always do your own business, and when you intend asking for a service, go to a person who can appreciate your merit.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 564
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Sit not down to the table before thy stomach is empty, and rise before thou hast filled it.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 572
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One common origin unites us all, but every sort of wood does not give the perfume of the lignum aloes.Tradizione araba · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 9
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