Syrian Proverbs

A little spark can kindle a great fire.

Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists.

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

The person who deals in camels should make the doors high.

The mouse fell from the ceiling, and the cat cried "Allah!".

The land is cultivated by its own oxen.

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

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

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

Keep away from trouble and sing to it.

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

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

In every village, there is a path that leads to the mill.

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

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

Even paradise is no fun without people.

Choose the neighbor before the house.

Birth is the messenger of death.

An ignorant person is simply an enemy to himself.

An Aleppine can sell even a dried donkey skin.

All ways lead to the mill.

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.

A small house is enough room for a thousand friends.

A narrow place can contain a thousand friends.

A man's shirt does not change the color of his skin.