Proverb of the day

Proverb of the day: Your tongue is your horse; if you respect it, it will respect you; and if you humiliate it, it will humiliate you

لسانكحصانك ان صنته صانك و ان هنته هانك 

Lesanakhosanak, ensontusanak wen hentuhanak 

Translation: Your tongue is your horse; if you respect it, it will respect you; and if you humiliate it, it will humiliate you. 



Meaning: Be careful what you say, or you may suffer the consequences. The equine metaphor in this proverb suggests an Arabian or at least Bedouin provenance. Educators are fond of this particular saying due not only to the content but to the easily-memorised rhyme. 

Source: Egyptian Proverbs, (Al-Ahram Center for Translation and Publishing, 1986) by Ahmed Taymour Pasha, 

Translated by: Nabil Shawkat 

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