Famous quotes containing the words arab proverb, arab and/or proverb:
“He who eats alone chokes alone.”
—Arab proverb, quoted in H.L. Mencken’s Dictionary of Quotations (1942)
“I saw the Arab map.
It resembled a mare shuffling on,
dragging its history like saddlebags,
nearing its tomb and the pitch of hell.”
—Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said] (b. 1930)
“The proverb warns that “You should not bite the hand that feeds you.” But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)