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I am thinking that the Morroccans were very clever people.
Some of their proverbs:
Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. (I have no idea what that means.)
By all means trust in Allah, but tie your camel first. (I mean, seriously - how true is that? Therefore, dear ones, always tie your camel.)
Do not shoot a glass arrow into a painted deer. (I'm thinking that's got to be really, really deep.)
If you're going to tell the truth, you better have one foot in the stirrup. (Hehe.)
That which you put into your soup kettle, comes later onto your spoon.
If a man puts a cord around his neck, God will provide someone to pull it.
May Allah protect me from my friends, my enemies I can handle.
You can count the number of apples in one tree, but you can never count the number of trees in one apple.
Life is a perpetual drunkenness; the pleasure passes, but the headache remains.
If fate throws a knife at you, there are two ways of catching it: By the blade and by the handle.
A sponge to wipe out the past, a rose to make the present sweet, and a kiss to salute the future.
Have been reading Anne Carson; first Autobiography of Red, which was like living - I read it in snatches in between the events of my Monday, and felt like my existence was pieces of Autobiography of Red with scraps of my own life tacked onto the edges.
Now I look for Geryon in every person I see; I want conversation with a winged red monster who photographs roses burning, people loving, and the souls of volcanos.
Want to see you use those wings.
Cucumbers.
That's good, really.
Some of their proverbs:
Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. (I have no idea what that means.)
By all means trust in Allah, but tie your camel first. (I mean, seriously - how true is that? Therefore, dear ones, always tie your camel.)
Do not shoot a glass arrow into a painted deer. (I'm thinking that's got to be really, really deep.)
If you're going to tell the truth, you better have one foot in the stirrup. (Hehe.)
That which you put into your soup kettle, comes later onto your spoon.
If a man puts a cord around his neck, God will provide someone to pull it.
May Allah protect me from my friends, my enemies I can handle.
You can count the number of apples in one tree, but you can never count the number of trees in one apple.
Life is a perpetual drunkenness; the pleasure passes, but the headache remains.
If fate throws a knife at you, there are two ways of catching it: By the blade and by the handle.
A sponge to wipe out the past, a rose to make the present sweet, and a kiss to salute the future.
Have been reading Anne Carson; first Autobiography of Red, which was like living - I read it in snatches in between the events of my Monday, and felt like my existence was pieces of Autobiography of Red with scraps of my own life tacked onto the edges.
Now I look for Geryon in every person I see; I want conversation with a winged red monster who photographs roses burning, people loving, and the souls of volcanos.
Want to see you use those wings.
Cucumbers.
That's good, really.