182 Moroccan Proverbs / Page 5
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If the prayers of dogs were answered, bones would rain from the sky.82.
If there were no cold Friday evenings and boring Saturdays, no one would get married any more.83.
If you are a peg, endure the knocking; if you are a mallet, strike.84.
If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you.85.
If you don't understand it with a wink, you certainly will with a blow.86.
If you find the residents of a place worshipping a donkey, bring the beast some grass.87.
If you forget your worries, the storm will blow over.88.
If you know his father and grandfather you may trust his son.89.
If you see a man riding a wooden stick, say to him "Good health to your horse".90.
If you see him riding on a bamboo-cane, say to him, "Good health to your horse!"91.
If you're going to tell the truth, you better have one foot in the stirrup.92.
In an instant illumination can be achieved, it is as easy as turning on a light, the problem is finding the switch in the dark.93.
In every false step there is something good.94.
In his heart a man may plan his course but God determines his every step.95.
In Morocco never be surprised. If you see a donkey flying, just say Allah is capable of anything.96.
In movement, there is blessing.97.
In the eyes of its mother every beetle is a gazelle.98.
Instruct a man, you instruct an individual. Instruct a woman, you instruct a nation.99.
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.100.
It is better to be the object of jealousy, than of pity.