99 Quotes by Syrian authors

Syrian sayings speak in the voice of Damascus courtyards and Aleppo workshops: spare, melodic, and sly. They braid hospitality with honor, bargaining wit with patience, bread-and-salt loyalty with a fatalism warmed by coffee. Love is frank, loss is measured, and humor arrives sideways like a breeze through latticework. From suq cries to Sufi hush, from pomegranate stains to desert dust, the language prizes craft, memory, and proportion. Expect proverbs that travel light, verses that linger long, and a mosaic of tenderness, bite, and hard-earned elegance.

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"We die as often as we lose a friend"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"Take care that no one hates you justly"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"To refuse graciously is to confer a favor"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"Some remedies are worse than the disease"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"The bare recollection of anger kindles anger"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"Familiarity breeds contempt"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

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"I believe that we need to have more dialogue and understanding between different cultures, and that art and culture can play an important role in bringing people together"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

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"I think that every movie should have some form of a message, and what makes a film good is not just the entertainment factor, but also the values and ideas that it presents"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

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"If my films have a message, it's that humanity is a single family and we should try to help each other"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

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"I'm an Arab, but I'm also a citizen of the world. Islam is my religion, but I believe my religion is not exclusive"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

Small: Moustapha Akkad

"I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

Small: Moustapha Akkad

"If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

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"Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

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"Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"Hizbullah is not a militia"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"Armies are not only for offensives"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"Israel does not care about the international public opinion"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

"No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?"

Bashar al-Assad, Statesman

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