Meaning: Everyone finishes the milk from their own pot

Context: Each person enjoys the results of their own effort — self-reliance matters

Meaning: One who's neither alive nor dead is in between

Context: Stagnation is worse than death — live fully or not at all

Meaning: Truth doesn't frighten real men

Context: The brave face facts — honesty strengthens courage

Meaning: Truth and teeth must both be shown

Context: Honesty should be visible — clarity builds trust

Meaning: Rain in the city doesn't sprout grass, it just runs on the road

Context: Effort without the right ground yields nothing — environment matters

Meaning: Goats get caught by their own legs in the rope

Context: One's mistakes trap oneself — carelessness leads to downfall

Meaning: You don't tie a mad goat with your rope

Context: Avoid sharing resources with the reckless — protect your property

Meaning: One doesn't drive camels to a place not cleared

Context: Don't enter uncertain territory — preparation avoids loss

Meaning: Among nomads, shepherds and children talk about each other but rarely meet

Context: Separation creates misunderstanding — unity needs contact

Meaning: Oh ruined family, who owns you?

Context: A lament for collapse — no one claims failure

Meaning: All men share three things: name, blood-debt, and asylum

Context: Reputation, honor, and refuge bind humanity

Meaning: Men are known by what they think of the past, present, and future

Context: Wisdom balances memory, action, and foresight

Meaning: A man kills you with what he first knew you by

Context: Familiarity breeds danger — beware what you reveal

Meaning: The worst man is he who never forgives and one who can't control his desires

Context: True strength lies in self-control and forgiveness

Meaning: Men are like the men of old, and speech like what has been said

Context: History repeats — wisdom and sayings never grow old

Meaning: Men are like tea, women like conversation

Context: Each has their own essence — both needed for balance

Meaning: Men bring ideas and accept them

Context: Leadership means initiative and cooperation

Meaning: Men are bound by word, women by marriage

Context: Promises define men, commitment defines women

Meaning: The absence of men is harmless, but bad men destroy you

Context: Wrong company is worse than loneliness — character matters

Meaning: Hardship makes men brothers

Context: Adversity builds true friendship — pain unites