من أمثـال الشعـوب

[ايناس حمدي]

إذا أردت أن تطاع فأمر بما يستطاع

إذا المرء لم يدنس من اللؤم عرضه فكل رداء يرتديه جميل

إذا أنت أكرمت الكريم ملكته وإن أنت أكرمت اللئيم تمردا

كفى المرء فضلا أن تُعَدَّ معايبه

إذا حضر الماء بطل التيمم

اذالم تستحي فأفعل ما تشاء

أطهر الناس أعراقاً أحسنهم أخلاقاً

أعرف الناس بالله أرضاهم بما قسم الله له

اعف عما أغضبك لما أرضاك

أفضل الجود العطاء قبل الموعد
الحر تكفيه الإشارة

الحِلْمُ سيد الأخلاق

الدال على الخير كفاعله

الرفق بالجاني عتاب

السر أمانة

الشريف إذا تَقَوَّى تواضع والوضيع إذا تَقَوَّى تكبر
الصدق دليل التقوى

الصدق يحسن بالفتى والكذب يحسب من عيوبه

الضحك بلا سبب من قلة الأدب

العتاب خير من الحقد

العتاب صابون القلب

العفة جيش لايهزم

العفو عند المقدرة

العفو يصلح الكريم ويفسد اللئيم

الغنى في يد اللئيم قبيح قدر قبح الكريم في الإملاق

الفضل ما شهدت به الأعداء

القدوة الحسنة خير من النصيحة

القدوة الحسنة خير من الوصية

القناعة كنز لا يفنى

الكذب داء والصدق دواء

الكريم من أكرم الأحرار

الكريم يظلم من فوقه واللئيم يظلم من تحته

المؤمن كالنحلة تأكل طيبا وتضع طيبا

المرء بالأخلاق يسمو ذكره

النظافة من الإيمان

النعمة عروس مهرها الشكر

الوعد سحاب والإنجاز مطره
المرء بأصغريه : قلبه ولسانه
حُسْنُ الخلق خير قرين

حُسْنُ الخلق يذيب الخطايا كما تذيب الشمس الجليد

حُسْنُ الخلق يوجب المودة
خير الناس من فرح للناس بالخير
ساقي القوم آخرهم شراباً

سر النجاح على الدوام هو أن تسير إلى الأمام

سيد القوم خادمهم

شكرت جميل صنعكم بدمعي ودمع العين مقياس الشعور

صلاح أمرك بالأخلاق مرجعه فَقَوِّم النفس بالأخلاق تستقم

عامل الناس برأي رفيق والق من تلقى بوجه طليق

عامل الناس بما تحب أن يعاملوك به

عصفور في اليد خير من عشرة على الشجرة

عندما تكون في روما تصرف كما يتصرف الرومان
لا تكن حلواً فتؤكل ولا مراً فترمى

لا تمازح الشريف فيحنق عليك ولا الدنيء فيتجرأ عليك

لا تنه عن خلق وتأتي مثله عار عليك إذا فعلت عظيم

لا خير فيمن لا يَأْلَفُ ولا يؤلف

لكل مقام مقال ولكل زمان رجال

للشدائد تُدَّخَرُ الرجال

لو كان الكذب ينجي فالصدق أنجى
من حسن خُلقُه وجب حقُّه

من شابه أباه فما ظلم

من شَبَّ على شيء شاب عليه

من عرف نفسه عرف ربه

من لم يقنع باليسير لم يكتف بالكثير
ومهما يكن عند امرئ من خَليقَةٍ وإن خالها تَخْفَى على الناس تُعْلَمِ

يد الحر ميزان

[ايناس حمدي]

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own

Chinese proverb

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The soul would have no rainbow
if the eyes had no tears
~ Indian proverb

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If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap
.If you want happiness for a day, go fishing
.If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune
.If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody
~ Chinese proverb

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.A merciful person helps himself, but a cruel person hurts himself
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~ Swedish proverb
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.--Yugoslavian Proverb
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.--Japanese proverb
Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.--Nigerian Proverb
When you were born, you cried and the world
rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner
that when you die the world cries and you
rejoice.--Indian Proverb

Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find that money cannot be
eaten.--Cree Indian Proverb

An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.--Dutch Proverb

[قحطان فؤاد الخطيب]

Dearest Enasshami
Words are inadequate to express my feelings towards your execellent contributions. They do attract browsers. Once more l do congratulate you for your fruitful efforts.

With best regards
Qahtan Al-Khatib / Iraq

[ايناس حمدي]

أستاذي العزيز قحطان الخطيب
جزيل الشكر والتقدير لك على كلماتك الرقيقة و تشجيعك المستمر الذي يدفعني دائما الى الامام

[ايناس حمدي]

Chinese proverbs

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves
a
mark.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A book holds a house of gold
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes
Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him.
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
There are always ears on the other side of the wall.

[ايناس حمدي]

Spanish proverbs and sayings
Beggars can't be choosers.
Home is where the heart is.
A constant guest is never welcome.
You have to make the most of the chances that come your way.
You have to strike while the iron is hot.
When one is hungry everything tastes good.
Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
You can judge a man by the company he keeps
Time heals all wounds.
Time is a great healer.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Time doesn't stand still.
Walls have ears.
After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Health is better than wealth.
It's better to be on your own than with people you don't like.
A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.
No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
No mill, no meal.

Man cannot live by bread alone.
Evildoers always think the worst of others.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Better to ask the way than to go astray.
All things are easy that are done willingly.

[قحطان فؤاد الخطيب]

Dear Prof. Elkhatib
Thanks a lot for your follow up. Unfortunately there is no spell check when someone uses the e-mail; therefore I was put in that embarrassing situation .
As for the preposition (on) instead of
(for)
in my said example, please have a look at these two examples
Thank you very much for your cooperation and kind attention
We must congratulate you on your brilliance

With best regards
Qahtan Al-Khatib/ Iraq

[ايناس حمدي]

لا تسقني ماء الحياة بذلة بل فاسقني بالعز كأس الحنظل

لمن تشكو إذا كان خصمك القاضي!
وَظُلْمُ ذوي القربى أشد مرارة على النفس من وقع الحسام المهند

ما من ظالم إلا سيبلى بظالم

ومن نكد الدنيا على الحر أن يرى عدوا له ما من صداقته بد
الماء أهون موجود وأعز مفقود

المتكبر كالواقف على الجبل يرى الناس صغاراً ويرونه صغيراً

[د- صلاح الدين محمد ابوالرب]

اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الفقر والقلة والذلة وأعوذ بك من أن أظلم أو أظلم
حديث شريف

[ايناس حمدي]

سعيدة جداً بمشاركتك دكتور صلاح وفي انتظار المزيد

[ايناس حمدي]

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.
A friend's eye is a good mirror.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Friends are God's way of taking care of us.

[د- صلاح الدين محمد ابوالرب]

أجمل الغلال ما نبت في حقول الآخرين . ( مثل ياباني

[د- صلاح الدين محمد ابوالرب]

الإدارة الحسنة خير من الدخل الجيد . ( مثل برتغالي ) .

[ايناس حمدي]

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
- Italian Proverb
Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.
- Jewish Proverb
Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
- Arabic proverb
Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee.
- Gaelic Proverb
Bed is the poor man's opera.
- Italian Proverb
The beginning is the half of every action.
- Greek Proverb
Children are a poor man's wealth.
- Danish Proverb
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter
lest you be spewed out.
- Jewish Proverb
Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are
bald.
- Belgian proverb
The eyes are the windows of the soul.
- English Proverb
The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.
- German Proverb
Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten.
- Japanese Proverb

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Fear less, hope more,
eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more,
and all good things will be yours.
- Swedish proverb

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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
- Chinese Proverb
God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
- German Proverb
A half-truth is a whole lie.
- Jewish Proverb
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
- Persian Proverb
He who hurries cannot walk with dignity.
- Chinese Proverb
He who knows little quickly tells it.
- Italian Proverb
He who knows nothing doubts nothing.
- Italian Proverb
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
- Russian Proverb
If you can't go over, you must go under.
- Jewish Proverb
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the
rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
- Chinese proverb
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in
yourself.
- Native American Proverb (Minquass)
If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
- Italian Proverb
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
- Spanish Proverb
If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep.
- Yiddish Proverb
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
- Haitian proverb
Live your own life, for you will die your own death.
- Latin Proverb
The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when
one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
- Persian Proverb
Never give advice in a crowd.
- Arab Proverb
Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your
mother-in-law.
- Japanese Proverb

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No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only
in still water that we can see.
- Taoist Proverb
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
- Danish Proverb
Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
- Greek Proverb
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
- German Proverb
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can
get.
- Spanish Proverb
Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.
- Russian proverb
There is a pinch of the madman in every great man.
- French Proverb
Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return
to the ground.
- Malayan Proverb
Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood,
and a man who thinks he is wise.
- Welsh Proverb
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience
with it.
- Greek Proverb
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
- Romanian Proverb
When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.
- Hindu Proverb
When two quarrel, both are to blame.
- Dutch Proverb
When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within
our reach.
- French Proverb
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use
both feet.
- Chinese Proverb
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
- Spanish Proverb
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
- German Proverb
The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.
- Polish Proverb
Words must be weighed, not counted.
- Polish Proverb