Meaning: Neither your interest nor your head can be escaped

Context: Duty and self-responsibility can't be avoided

Meaning: For your interest, you'll even sleep on a dog's skin

Context: People will sacrifice pride for necessity

Meaning: The ignorant man's interest is worse than an old rag

Context: A fool's priorities are worthless — wisdom guides true purpose

Meaning: Need isn't shameful; people make it seem so

Context: Poverty isn't dishonor — judgment comes from others

Meaning: He who keeps running must stop to catch his breath

Context: Even the restless must rest — balance is wisdom

Meaning: A nighttime plan must begin in the morning

Context: Good planning must lead to timely action

Meaning: Advice is what's said before death

Context: Final words carry wisdom — listen when elders advise

Meaning: The fox doesn't eat camels

Context: The weak can't harm the strong — know your limits

Meaning: The fox dies of hunger where she learned to steal goats

Context: Overconfidence and greed lead to ruin

Meaning: The beggar becomes an enemy of the street she begs on

Context: Familiarity breeds contempt — repeated dependence leads to shame

Meaning: The gazelle belongs to the dark plain

Context: Everyone fits their natural environment

Meaning: The neighbor who wants to fight tells your rooster to crow

Context: Enemies provoke trouble indirectly — beware flattery from foes

Meaning: Your neighbor sometimes inspires you, sometimes misleads you

Context: Influence is double-edged — choose examples wisely

Meaning: A narrow path leads you to the big road

Context: Small beginnings lead to great ends — patience pays

Meaning: You don't negotiate on top of a robbery

Context: After wrongdoing, talk is useless — justice comes first

Meaning: Bad tea tastes worse when you've already had enough

Context: Excess spoils pleasure — too much of anything is unpleasant

Meaning: The schemer feels the ground shake beneath him

Context: Guilt brings unrest — evil haunts its doer

Meaning: A stone falls nearby, but a word travels far

Context: Words spread quickly — speak with care

Meaning: Squeezing a stone and touching it are the same

Context: Some efforts are pointless — wisdom is in knowing what matters

Meaning: A child who hasn't learned to play learns to fart

Context: If one doesn't learn good habits, they pick up bad ones