Quotes by Syrian authors

"No man is happy who does not think himself so"

"From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own"

"A good reputation is more valuable than money"

"Each day is the scholar of yesterday"

"It is not every question that deserves an answer"

"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest"

"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly"

"Some remedies are worse than the disease"

"It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door"

"He who lives in solitude may make his own laws"

"The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty"

"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm"

"What is left when honor is lost?"

"To refuse graciously is to confer a favor"

"The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them"

"Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings"

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear"

"Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly"

"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them"

"Practice is the best of all instructors"

"It is better to learn late than never"

"God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones"

"Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world"

"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth"

"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason"

"A beautiful face is a mute recommendation"

"Where there is unity there is always victory"

"The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself"

"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing"

"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others"