To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds
In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.