35 Yemeni Proverbs / Page 2
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If you have honey, don't lick the pot clean.22.
It is better to wear mended clothes than being without clothes or bare.23.
Look to your near neighbour rather than to your distant brother.24.
My daughter, as long as you keep quiet, much money will paid for your marriage.25.
My fist is in his mouth, his fist is in my eye.26.
Out of sight, out of mind.27.
Pity the stranger, even if he is rich.28.
Setting the conditions before you make an agreement is better than having an argument in the middle of the work.29.
The master of the people is their servant.30.
To have a clear tongue is better than having goods which you can't manage well.31.
What you sow, so shall you reap.32.
Who dies today is safe from tomorrow's sin.33.
Whoever does not help himself cannot help others.34.
Work like an ant and you'll eat sugar.35.
You play with a snake and call it a worm.