SOME PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
 

WHO grows pregnant without having conceived?
Who grows fat without having eaten?

(He that says), " Oh, that I might take re¬
venge and even add to It more!" is Hke unto a man that
draws water from a well in which there is no water, and
rubs his skin without anointing it.

When their god turned away, misery invaded their
dwelling-places. The wicked established himself, but the
righteous waxed not old; the religious and devout whose
devotion his lord regarded not, and every noble whom
his lord forsook, their want set in and their suffering was
heightened.

The enemy wfl! not be scattered in front of the gate of
them whose weapons are not strong.

My knees hasten on, not do rest my feet; but bereft of
common sense, misfortune follows at my heels.

A heifer I am, yoked to a mule; on the wagon, to
which we are harnessed, I pull the yoke.

With disease that can not be cured and hunger that can
not be stilled, a coffer of silver and a trunk full of gold
are not able to restore health or to stifl hunger.

My bracer surrounds me like as a divine garment; my
powerful rock Is founded in the ocean.

In a house made of bitumen and brick I dwefl; boats
are gHding past above me.

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