I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors all of us against the foreigner.
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A friend is known when needed.
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None but a mule denies his family.
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Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.
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The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil.
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He who eats alone chokes alone.
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Trust in Allah but tie your camel.
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He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.
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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
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The dung beetle, seeing its child on the wall, thinks it sees a pearl on a thread.
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When the angels present themselves, the devils abscond.
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Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.
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When danger approaches, sing to it.
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God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk.
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Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.
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Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
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If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
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Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.
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Jill spent three years learning Arabic because she cared so much about this story and covering it right. If they talk to her they'll find she's a very respectful person ... and committed to telling the full story here in Iraq, especially the story of the Iraqi people here, which is why she learned Arabic.
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The wise man speaks of what he sees, the idiot of what he hears.
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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
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Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
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To the pure, all things are pure.
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A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
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I came to the place of my birth and cried, The friends of my youth, where are they? And echo answered, Where are they?
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Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
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The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
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The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.
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Remember, when someone stabs you in the back, you are walking ahead of him.
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If you have much, give of your wealth if you have little, give of your heart.
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