Arabian Adages

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Translated by: Bint Khalid

Classical Arabic Sayings

خير الأمور أوسطها

The best of things are their middles

The saying states that the best course to take is always the middle path, avoiding the extremes whether in making decisions or opinions.

 

الطيور على أشكالها تقع

Birds fall on their likes (or resemblances)

The saying explains how people are attracted to those with similar characters and traits as they. For example, those who are deceitful befriend the deceitful. The English proverb “Birds of a feather flock together” has the same denotation.