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We rejoiced when the Nile came, the Nile drowned us.

Ducklings swim.

God is better than the weaver.

He rejoices and eats with his spirit.

Poverty without religion is complete wealth.

Poverty and foolishness do not go together.

The poor are neither gifted nor invited.

Nor is his testimony accepted by all.

The poor man is lonely and desolate.

The poor man is afflicted with hunger in his belly.

The poor walk like princes.

She roams by day and spins by night.

Pepper by the ounce and lime by the quintal.

Money follows the follower.

A mouth that speaks and a hand that strikes.

The farmer, if he brings, brings calamity.

So-and-so is colder than well water.

So-and-so is afraid and does not leave.

So-and-so is like Ramadan, his departure is a holiday.

So-and-so hears the sound of the water skin.

So-and-so wakes up to the heat of the sun.

In May, day equals night.

In Tammuz, the water boils in the jug.

On the Feast of the Transfiguration, winter says goodbye to summer.

With every man, a new mind increases.

In every head, a thought.

The face is a mirror, and the back is a listener.

The letter Qaf.

He said, "Lupine is sweeter than almonds."

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