Proverbs from around the world

[gag order]

know any interesting proverbs? then share your favourite sayings here...

[Umm Ahmed]

What goes around comes around .

Birds of a feather flock together.

[gag order]

"even from a crooked chimney the smoke rises straight"

(i believe its of turkish origin)

[Ibn Adam]

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[defenderofbusharraf]

God gives and forgives, man gets and forgets.

[defenderofbusharraf]

yea i got another one..............."defenderofhaq is always right"

(west london origins)

[Ibn Adam]

Some Scottish ones.

Fools and bairns should'nae see work half done.

Get a name as an early riser and you can lie in your bed all day.

If ye canna bite, dinna show yer teeth.

Right wrangs nae man.

And who could forget the wisdom full.

It’s ill wark tae tak the breeks aff a Hielandman

[Umm]

"It’s ill wark tae tak the breeks aff a Hielandman"

So are they considered loose canons?

Easier said than done

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer

Empty vessels make the most noise

You reap what you sow

[morbius]

Think of a wise saying and your name will live forever.

-unknown author-

[ibnfaruk]

Salams to all,

Love is blind and Marriage is the eye opener.

Marriage is like a fort, all those inside want to get out and all those outside want to get in.

In the land of the blind the one eyed man is the king.

salams

WARNING: All quotes are re-useable

[gag order]

Think of a wise saying and your name will live forever.

-unknown author-

LOL, unknown author!

what else you got?

[morbius]

How about some Latin sayings:

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur (Anything said in Latin sounds profound.)
"Deo Vindice" (God will prove us right (motto of the Confederate States of America))
"Romani ite domus" (Romans go home! - (Monty Phyton's Life of Brian))
Sona si Latine loqueris. (Honk if you speak Latin.)
"Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum" (A wise man doesn't *edit* into the wind)
Vescere bracis meis. (Eat my shorts.)
Stercus accidit. (*edit* happens)
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.)
Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum. (When you have them by the *edit*, the heart and mind will follow)
Non torsii subligarium! (Don't get your knickers in a twist!)

[Turaabie]

Do not seek to escape from the flood by clinging to a tiger's tail. (Chinese)

[gag order]

when you repay a debt, pay it back in the same coin...

[Abu Faaris As-Sumalee]

The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing

Money is sharper than a sword

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers

Death is like a robe everyone has to wear

When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole nearby

[gag order]

dont put the cart before the horse

[abudurrah]

always remember.....


No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

[Abdullah al-Shishani]

The full won't understand the hungry. (russian I think)

[WM]

a fish begins to rot at the head (Turkish)

...although, isn't it the other way around (the proverb is about rulers and their subjects)?

[1mran]

I love this one

"The Ignorance of Something is not the knowledge of it"

Narrated Abu Mas'ud: The Prophet said, 'One of the sayings of the early Prophets which the people have got is: If you don't feel ashamed do whatever you like." (See Hadith No 690, 691, Vol 4) [Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 141]

[Yasir]

اتعب جسمك ولا تتعب عقلك
Tire out your body, but not your mind.

[Ibn Adam]

"It’s ill wark tae tak the breeks aff a Hielandman"

So are they considered loose canons?

I'm not sure what you mean but I double-checked with my parents as to what the above proverb alludes to.

It's literal meaning would be "It's ill work to take the trousers off a Highlander." However, Highlanders weren't known to wear trousers, or anything under their kilt for that matter, and so it refers to attempting to remove something that isn't present. So it'd be used in the context of protesting an impossible request.

For example, your landlord comes around to demand his rent and you're totally out of money and so you'd say "It’s ill wark tae tak the breeks aff a Hielandman"

Allahu a'lam.

[Abuz Zubair]

could you please attach a sound file with you pronouncing all that? ;)

[Umm]

Abu Adam, I thought breeks = brakes, so I was assuming it meant that it's not a good idea to try and hold them back.

[Ibn Adam]

could you please attach a sound file with you pronouncing all that? ;)

Lafs Oot Loud!

[Ibn Adam]

Abu Adam, I thought breeks = brakes, so I was assuming it meant that it's not a good idea to try and hold them back.

Naw, yer breeks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeks) is yer troosers.

[Abuz Zubair]

Lafs Oot Loud!
lol... seriously, it would be nice to know how it's all said in oRiginal Sco'ish accent :)

[Umm]

Hindsight is always 20/20

[gag order]

too many cooks spoil the broth.

[Umm Farouk]

"An idle mind is the devils workshop"

"There is no smoke without fire"

[Umm Farouk]

A stitch in time saves nine

one good turn deserves another

[Niqaabis]

He caused his bird to fly away, and then went running after it

Even the handsome (woman) experience the misfortune of divorce

All that is known is not told

[waziri]

The one who lives in the sea is not afraid of the rain

shaykh Usama ibn Laden

[gag order]

in calm weather, everyone is captain..

[Umm Ahmed]

Divide and conquer

[1mran]

Take care of the Commands of Allah, and He will take care of you;

Remember Allah when you are young, He will remember you when you are old;

Remember Allah when you are healthy, He will remember you when you are ill;

Remember Allah when you are rich, He will remember you when you are poor;

Remember Allah during the good times, He will remember you during the Bad times;

Remember Allah when you are Alive, He will remember you when you are Dead....

[Umm]

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
- Unknown

[Abu Dharr Al Kashmiri]

je jaavaa tereh amla par phir kuch nai tere palleh

je jaahvah rabb de fazla par phir tereh balleh balleh

(Punjabi)

[Abuz Zubair]

vah vah vah...

...but what does it mean?

[Abu Dharr Al Kashmiri]

lol Baakistani!

'If you go by your deeds then you have no hope

If you go by the Favours of Allah swt then you are in bliss bliss bliss (i.e Mercy and Forgiveness)' - Rough translation

Wa Allahu Aalim

[Abuz Zubair]

"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course."
-- George Bernard Shaw

[Abuz Zubair]

"Skepticism is the beginning of faith."

<strike>Oscar Wilde</strike>

al-Ghazzali :)

[Yasir]

"'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." [Abraham Lincoln]

[Abuz Zubair]

When you poke someone with a stick you don't know who you're poking until it's one poke too many

I said it...
...I said it
Me
Moi
Ana

[Ibn Adam]

Tadlis!

.

[Abuz Zubair]

ok... I admit... It's Ibn Adam's line :)

[Ibn Adam]

ok... I admit... It's Ibn Adam's line :)

Just watch who you're poking bro!

Lol.

[TN_Cat]

In splendor, in seduction and in grace, the buildings of banks outsoar the Houses of God. In appearance it is trade, in reality gambling, Profit for one, for thousands sudden death. – (Dr. Allama Iqbal.)

[abudurrah]

She who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses

[gag order]

dont put all your eggs in the same basket

[morbius]

It's the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men go crooked.

-BJ Palmer-

[Umm Ahmed]

Stubborn as a mule

[abudurrah]

islamic ones

"If You Propose To The World, It Will Not Be Satisfied Until You Give Up Your Deen As Your Dowry."


"Don't Change Allah's Words; Let Allah's Words Change You."


"When the World Pushes you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray"

[Niqaabis]

"Were it not for the tears the ribs would have been burnt"

[Umm]

It's the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men go crooked.

-BJ Palmer-

That's nice.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

True! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6726821.stm) So true! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6331411.stm)

[Umm Ahmed]

That's nice.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

True! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6726821.stm) So true! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6331411.stm)

Thats sick, poor cat , she could have sold it or something.

[MosDef]

The one who lives in the sea is not afraid of the rain

shaykh Usama ibn Laden

Masha'Allah - akh when and where was this quoted?

[salafiya]

Ok these aren't necessarily proverbs. They might just be quotes

~A penny earned is a penny saved

~Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are stupid rather than open it and confirm their thoughts

~Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me

~You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them - Michael Jordan

~If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win. - Carl Lewis

~Good fences make good neighbors - Robert Frost

~Actions speak louder than words

~I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it

~Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

~The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

~A man is known by the company he keeps

~A friend in need is a friend indeed

[Fajr]

افعل الخير و ارمه في البحر
"Do good deeds then throw them in the sea"

I really like this saying and as someone said 'throw it in the sea and the sea will always throw it back at you' i.e. you will see the fruits of your sincere deeds.

[Scented Blood]

The Greatest Sacrifice is the Silent One...

[Abuz Zubair]

"The more you read and observe about this Politics thing you got to admit that each party is worse than the other."
-- Will Rogers

[MosDef]

"The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting" - Milan Kundera

[Magoo]

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear

benjamin disraeli

[MosDef]

"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which WE HOPE and BELIEVE, is to liberate the world."

- Abraham Lincoln

[abudurrah]

some more islamic ones


"Whatever Begins In Anger, Ends In Shame.."


"We Would Feel Ashamed Of Many Of Our Best Actions, If The World Could See The Motives Behind Them.."

[Yasir]

‘There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.’
[G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer]

[slaveofLord_22]

To me, this saying deserves to come under PROVERBS.

Rather, i'd call it the Proverb of this century, making it the motto of the mujahideen in every corner of the world.....

"JIHAD & THE RIFLE ALONE;
NO NEGOTIATIONS, NO CONFERENCES, AND NO DIALOGUES."
- Shaykh Abdullah Azzam

How true are his words ....even to this day!!!

May Allaah Bless him with His Beautific Vision & Speech