Proverbs & Sayings

Egyptian Proverbs & Sayings

British Museum – February 2025 Photo by JMorton

• A blow on the purse of another is like a blow on a sand-hill.
  – Egypt
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  An onion shared with a friend tastes like roast lamb.
  – Egypt
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  Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and celebrate the good days.
  – Egyptian proverb
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  If you have no relatives, get married.
  – Egypt
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  If you love, love the moon; if you steal, steal a camel.
  – Egypt
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  More precious than our children are the children of our children.
  – Egypt
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  Old countries don’t disappear overnight; they stay for breakfast.
  – Egypt
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  One must not shoot a glass arrow into a painted deer.
  – Egypt
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• Pride feels no pain.
  – Egyptian Proverb
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  People sell their rags in their on market.
  – Egypt
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  The basket that has two handles can be carried by two.
  – Egypt
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  The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer.
  – Egyptian proverb