73 Sayings of Syrian Origin

1. "Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "A narrow place can contain a thousand friends." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A beggar and he bargains!" (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Every knot has someone to undo it." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The mouse fell from the ceiling, and the cat cried “Allah!”." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Whoever gets between the onion and its skin will get nothing but its stink." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "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 Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "If your friend is honey, don't lick him all." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Ask one who has experience rather than a physician." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "We taught them how to beg, they raced us to the gates." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "He married the monkey for its money, the money went and the monkey stayed a monkey." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Birth is the messenger of death." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "When we decided to trade coffins, people decided not to die." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The son of a duck is a floater." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Like a snake under the hay." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Spend what is in your pocket; you will get more from the unknown." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Let it wound your heart rather than go out and cause a scandal." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Kiss any arm you cannot break, and pray to God to break it." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Even a soft speech has its own poison." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "No one cries for losing money but the one who earned the money, no one cries for losing the child but his mother." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Girl, do not exult in thy wedding dress; see how much trouble lurks behind it." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "The eloquent cock crows from the egg." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "An ignorant person is simply an enemy to himself." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Stretch your legs according to your quilt." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "When the wolf invites you in, you had better take your dog." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "A small house is enough room for a thousand friends." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "He hit me and cried, he raced me to complain!" (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "In every village there is a path that leads to the mill." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "Be not water, taking the tint of all colors." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "He hit me and cried, he raced me to complain." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "A better one in another one." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "In the eye of his mother, a monkey is a gazelle." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "The cloth of shame does not warm and if it does, it does so only briefly." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "When your neighbor shaves, you start to wet your cheeks." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Let the water melons break each other!" (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "What is past is dead." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "It's better to deal with the devil we know than the devil we don't know." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "As you went, so you came back." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "All ways lead to the mill." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "A little spark can kindle a great fire." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "My brother and I against my cousin; my cousin and I against a stranger." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "He who has his hand in the water is not like him who has his hand in the fire." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Haste is the devil's work and patience is from the Merciful God." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "A man's shirt does not change the color of his skin." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Choose the neighbor before the house." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "The person who deals in camels should make the doors high." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "When you are dead, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will cease in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until she dies." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Let your money be insulted but not yourself." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "God sends almonds to those without teeth!" (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "The zawan of your own country is better than the wheat of strangers." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Where many cocks are crowing it's dawn." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "He is like a deaf man at a wedding procession." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "It is an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "If you conduct yourself properly, fear no one." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "A bird in the hand is better than ten on the tree." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "Patience is the key to relief." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "Even paradise is no fun without people." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "The rope of a lie is short." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "O'departing one, leave behind good deeds!" (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "It is cruelty to the innocent not to punish the guilty." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Turn the pot upside down; the girl will still be like her mother." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "A strong chicken starts to crow the moment that it comes out of the shell." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "A borrowed mule soon gets a bad back." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "With the lack of horses, we saddle the dogs!" (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "you buy cheap meat you'll be sorry when you come to the gravy." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "Keep away from trouble and sing to it." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "It is not every time that the clay pot survives." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "The camel limped from its split lip." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "The land is cultivated by its own oxen." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "When the lions are away, the hyenas play." (Syrian Sayings) Click to tweet