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"

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

"Each day is the scholar of yesterday"

"It is not every question that deserves an answer"

"Some remedies are worse than the disease"

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

"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly"

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

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear"

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

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

"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"

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

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

"It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay"

"He who spares the bad injures the good"

"He who has lost honor can lose nothing more"

"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken"

"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"