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- " A camel's kick, soft but stunning. "
- " A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. "
- " A sheik's miracles are of his own telling. "
- " A weapon is an enemy even to its owner. "
- " Accept the largess of thy friend as though he were an enemy. "
- " Anyone can kill a trussed foe. "
- " Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant. "
- " Coffee should be black as hell; strong as death, and sweet as love. "
- " Fall not into the fire to avoid smoke. "
- " He became an infidel hesitating between two mosques. "
- " He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it. "
- " He who has no bread has no authority. "
- " Insolent ones are never without wounds. "
- " Measure a thousand times and cut once. "
- " No camel route is long, with good company. "
- " No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival. "
- " Remember, two watermelons cannot be held under one arm. "
- " Satan's friendship reaches to the prison door. "
- " Smoke does not make a pot boil. "
- " The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous. "
- " The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil. "
- " The end of fishing is not angling, but catching. "
- " The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. "
- " Two captains will sink the ship. "
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