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PROVERBS

WHAT THE ARABS SAY. Wo give & number of A-rabia-n proverbs. It will be recognised that many of them are but variations of weltknewn English proverb's, Take, for instance, “When there are many .captains the ship sinks.” What is this but a. rendering of “Too many cooks spoil the broth”?

Sometimes the tongue cuts off the head.

If your friend be honey, do not eat him altogether.

Shave your own chin when the board of your sori is grown. When you puss through the country of the one-eyed, make yourself oneeyed.

If you are so unhappy as to have a foolish friend, be yourself wise.

When there are many captains the ship sinks. If you cannot master the whole, yet do not forsake the whole.

When things tiro you at the head, lake them by the tail. When you have spoken the word it reigns over you. but while it is not. spoken you reign over it. When you are an anvil, have patience; when you tire a hammer. beat straight. When the counsellor grows rusty, the counsel will be polished. Time will teach him (hat. has no teacher. Flo that passes through the onion, or their peel, will smell of them.

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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1938, Page 10

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PROVERBS Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1938, Page 10

PROVERBS Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1938, Page 10

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