Eastern Proverbs<\/p>\n
We now present the reader with a collection of Eastern Proverbs, which we apprehend may be useful for comparison or illustration with those of Solomon. They are selected from a large number, not as the best or most striking, but as such that require no explanation. Except a few from Burckhardt\u2019s Arabic Proverbs, none of them have before appeared in English.<\/p>\n
Arabic Proverbs.<\/p>\n
The sage in his native place is like gold in the mine.<\/p>\n
Better to have a wise enemy than a foolish friend.<\/p>\n
The beginning of anger is foolishness, and its end repentance.<\/p>\n
Temperance is a tree whose root is contentment with little, and whose feast is calmness and peace.<\/p>\n
Wisdom is better than riches: wisdom guards thee, but thou hast to guard thy riches. Riches diminish in the using; but wisdom increases in the use of it.<\/p>\n
Every day of thy life is a leaf of thy history.<\/p>\n
Life is like unto a fire: it begins in smoke and ends in ashes.<\/p>\n
One single day of a wise man, is worth more than the whole life of a fool.<\/p>\n
There are two kinds of intelligence: That which nature gives, and that which education confers; without the former the latter is useless. What avails the light of the sun to him whose eyes are shut up?<\/p>\n
If any one tells you that a mountain has changed its place, believe it: But if any one says that a man has changed his character, believe it not.<\/p>\n
Measure the water\u2019s depth before you plunge into it.<\/p>\n
Vinegar given is better than honey bought.<\/p>\n
Experience is the key of knowledge; as credulity is the gate of error.<\/p>\n
If the moon be with thee, what needest thou care about the stars?<\/p>\n
The beetle is a beauty in the eyes of its mother.<\/p>\n
Throw not a stone into the well from which thou drinkest.<\/p>\n
A borrowed cloak imparts no warmth.<\/p>\n
A well is not to be filled with dew.<\/p>\n
The dirt of labor is better than the saffron of indolence. <\/p>\n
Take me by the hand today, I will take thee by the foot to morrow.<\/p>\n
That is thy world wherein thou findest thyself.<\/p>\n
They prepared me, they girded me, but I have not strength for war.<\/p>\n
A tree that yieldeth thee shade, do not order it to be cut down.<\/p>\n
Who seeks for wealth without (previous) wealth, is like him who carries water in a sieve.<\/p>\n
When the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve.<\/p>\n
The value of every man consists in what he does well.<\/p>\n
Be diligent, and God will send profit.<\/p>\n
The day blots out the word of the night.<\/p>\n
How many are the roads that lead not to the heart.<\/p>\n
On the day of victory no weariness is felt.<\/p>\n
A day that is not thine own, do not reckon it as of thy life.<\/p>\n
Him whom good cannot mend, evil will not mend.<\/p>\n
In every head is some wisdom.<\/p>\n
If thou canst not take things by the head, take them by the tail.<\/p>\n
A scholar of bad life is like a blind man holding a torch, by which he gives others light, but cannot himself see.<\/p>\n
Riches increase in proportion as we give to those that need.<\/p>\n
White hairs are death\u2019s harbingers.<\/p>\n
All things were difficult before they were easy.<\/p>\n
Ignorance is injustice to the world.<\/p>\n
Fear those who fear thee.<\/p>\n
To be rich is to be content with little.<\/p>\n
The more you hope, the more you suffer.<\/p>\n
Three things are only known on three occasions\u2014valor in war, wisdom in wrath, and friendship in need.<\/p>\n
Turkish Proverbs.<\/p>\n
Those who sow thorns can reap only prickles.<\/p>\n
There are two things which no man can fixedly regard: the sun and death. <\/p>\n
That which the pen of destiny has written, all the arts of men cannot efface. God alone is above all.<\/p>\n
A thousand robbers are not able to strip an honest man naked.<\/p>\n
The hand that gives is always above that which receives.<\/p>\n
Is it ill with thee in life? Imitate the traveller who, amid the discomforts of a bad khan, reflects that he has only to pass the night there.<\/p>\n
An egg today is better than a chicken tomorrow.<\/p>\n
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. We have all sufficient strength to bear the evils which befall others.<\/p>\n
Speak not of stones to a fool, lest thou remind him to throw them at thy head.<\/p>\n
A good man carries his heart on his tongue; a prudent man carries his tongue in his heart.<\/p>\n
When the chariot is broken, there are always men to point out the right road.<\/p>\n
There are no accidents so unfortunate that discreet men may not turn to advantage; nor any so fortunate that imprudent men may not turn to their prejudice.<\/p>\n
Persian Proverbs.<\/p>\n
The man who returns good for evil, is as a tree which renders its shade and its fruit even to those who cast stones at it.<\/p>\n
A man passes for a sage when he seeks for wisdom; but if he thinks he has found it, he is a fool.<\/p>\n
The diamond fallen into the dunghill, is not the less precious; and the dust raised by high winds to heaven, is not the less vile.<\/p>\n
An ass which bears its burden, is of more worth than a lion which devours men.<\/p>\n
Patience is a tree whose roots are bitter, but the fruit is very sweet.<\/p>\n
The ignorant man in the midst of riches, is like an earthen vessel covered with gold: the learned man in the midst of poverty, is like a precious stone enchased in vile metal.<\/p>\n
Ten poor men can sleep tranquilly upon a mat; but two kings are not able to live at peace in a quarter of the world. <\/p>\n
Indian Proverbs.<\/p>\n
The heavens give rain to the earth; but the earth returns only dust to the heavens.<\/p>\n
Men of evil character resemble earthen vessels, easy to break and hard to mend; but good men are like golden vases, broken with difficulty and easily repaired.<\/p>\n
A diamond with some flaws is still more precious than a pebble that has none.<\/p>\n
Contemn no one. Regard him who is above thee as thy father; him who is thine equal as thy brother; and him who is below thee as thy son.<\/p>\n
Interested friends are like the dogs in public places, who like the bones, but care little for those who throw them.<\/p>\n
The bread stolen by the wicked changes to ashes in his mouth.<\/p>\n
The familiarity of the great is dangerous; it is a fire by which many have been burned.<\/p>\n
Chinese Proverbs.<\/p>\n
He who can govern himself is fit to govern the world.<\/p>\n
A bushel of pearls is of less [real] worth than a pint of rice.<\/p>\n
A hut of reeds with mirth therein, is better than a palace wherein there is grief.<\/p>\n
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.<\/p>\n
The hearts of the wise have seven ventricles.<\/p>\n
The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it.<\/p>\n
The doctrine which enters only into the eye or the ear, is like the repast that one takes in a dream.<\/p>\n
Set a seal upon thy lips, and guard thy heart with the same watchfulness as the ramparts of a city.<\/p>\n
All the virtues are in peril when filial piety gives way.<\/p>\n
The tree dies not for want of branches and leaves, but for lack of nourishment to its roots.<\/p>\n
The industrious woman arranges continually her movables; the industrious scholar deranges continually his books.<\/p>\n
Autor: JOHN KITTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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