Quotes by Syrian authors

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

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

"Some remedies are worse than the disease"

"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly"

"Each day is the scholar of yesterday"

"It is not every question that deserves an answer"

"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification"

"He whom many fear, has himself many to fear"

"Familiarity breeds contempt"

"A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation"

"A gift in season is a double favor to the needy"

"We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs"

"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit"

"Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage"

"It is only the ignorant who despise education"

"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity"

"We die as often as we lose a friend"

"Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back"

"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy"

"One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard"

"I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent"

"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness"

"An angry father is most cruel towards himself"

"When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all"

"To do two things at once is to do neither"

"Take care that no one hates you justly"

"Speech is the mirror of the soul"

"No one knows what he can do until he tries"

"Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly"

"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them"