Lebanese ProverbsDefinitions

Abstinence is two thirds of medicine

Arguing is never won by yelling — lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

An Argument is proved weak when the yelling begins — lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

The Cemetery is thing that never refuses a dead man.

A Gossip is not to be trusted — he who gossips to you will gossip about you

Medicine is mostly just abstinence.

Pain is always worst when it's happening — the worst ache is the present ache.

Time is longer during troubled times — a wretched year has twenty-four months

Timing is everything — a good answer at the right moment is worth an orchard and all its fruit