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What are Proverbs and Where do the come from?

Proverbs and old sayings reveal many aspects about the cultural  traditions of a society. Proverbs originated from indigenous humble folk who handed down these wise old sayings over the centuries, generation to generation. Many proverbs serve as advisory tales and wise counsel .

Syrian Proverbs, Old Sayings and Quotes

Inspiring Quotes and Proverbial Wisdom from Syria


It's better to deal with the devil we know than the devil we don't know. -- Syrian Proverb

He who has his hand in the water is not like him who has his hand in the fire. -- Syrian Proverb


Birth is the messenger of death. -- Syria Proverb

 
No one cries for losing money but the one who earned the money, no one cries for losing the child but his mother. -- Syrian Proverb


A narrow place can contain a thousand friends. -- Syrian Proverb


Kiss any arm you cannot break, and pray to God to break it. -- Syrian Proverb


A man’s shirt does not change the color of his skin. -- Syrian Proverb


Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat, very poor. -- Syrian Proverb

An Aleppine can sell even a dried donkey skin. -- Syria Proverb
 

The land is cultivated by its own oxen. -- Syrian Proverb


It is an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog. -- Syrian Proverb 


Stone dead hath no fellow. -- Syrian Proverb

 A virgin may travel alone at midnight and be safe, and a purse of gold dropped in the road at midday will never be stolen. -- Syrian Proverb


The zawan of your own country is better than the wheat of strangers. -- Syrian Proverb



The cloth of shame does not warm and if it does, it does so only briefly. -- Syrian Proverb

Be not water, taking the tint of all colors. -- Syrian Proverb

Girl, do not exult in thy wedding dress; see how much trouble lurks behind it. -- Syrian Proverb


The mouse fell from the ceiling, and the cat cried “Allah!”. -- Syrian Proverb


Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists. -- Syrian Proverb

Even paradise is no fun without people. -- Syria Proverb

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