Meaning: Fire and pain can't sit together

Context: Two harms can't coexist; one drives out the other

Meaning: A fire lit by a hypocrite burns a whole crowd

Context: The deceit of one person destroys many

Meaning: Even if you miss the flames, the ashes still reach you

Context: Consequences remain after causes are gone

Meaning: Write it on my back—I'll be gone when it's read

Context: Said by a coward avoiding responsibility

Meaning: The chameleon that can't reach the date calls it bitter

Context: People belittle what they cannot obtain

Meaning: Mark or don't mark—the camel counts as born in spring

Context: Some truths stand whether people acknowledge them or not

Meaning: Bad manners drive people away

Context: Character determines companionship

Meaning: Character is half of religion

Context: Good behavior is part of true faith

Meaning: Escaping fire is stopped with fire

Context: Only strength restrains strength

Meaning: Even aloe bears honey once

Context: Good can arise from an unlikely source

Meaning: No one owns a hoe or a donkey alone

Context: Common tools serve everyone—shared property

Meaning: The hoe older than you splashes mud on you

Context: Elders can still humble the young; respect experience

Meaning: The jackal imitating the Prophet left its own walk and failed the new one

Context: Blind imitation loses both self and goal

Meaning: The restless jackal ends in the lion's mouth

Context: Restlessness and greed lead to ruin

Meaning: People and hollow pots should both be many

Context: Abundance gives strength; scarcity weakens

Meaning: Those more numerous or deeper will overwhelm you

Context: Know your limits; avoid unequal fights

Meaning: The worst man neither advises, listens, nor learns

Context: Wisdom needs thought and counsel

Meaning: Some help little, the useless help none

Context: Small benefit is better than none

Meaning: The proud and the ignorant argue most

Context: Pride and ignorance breed quarrel

Meaning: He who has begged or ruled knows people

Context: Both need and power reveal human nature