The Arabian Nights Quotes

“if lies can save a man once, truth can save him twice.”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 of 3

“she had an elegant belly and a navel that could contain an ounce of unguent.”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 of 3

“Praise be to God , who has given you all beauty,
So that I have remained among your prisoners
You whose glance enslave all of mankind,
Pray that I may be saved from the arrows that you shoot.
Two opposites , water and a burning flash of fire ,
Are found combined as a marvel in your cheeks,
For my heart you are hellfire and the delight of paradise .
How bitter and sweet you are for it!”
― Anonymous , The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

“We two are equal in our love but she
Shows hardiness at times , while I have none
She fears malicious threats , but when I am held back
And threatened, then my love for her becomes madness”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

“There was a time when the days were in our service,
While we were with each other in the happiest of lands.
Who will now bring me to the house of the dear ones,
Where the place is illuminated* and there is times delight*

* play on the name of Dau’ Al-makan, literally ‘light of the place’ and nuzhat Al-Zaman literally times delight (on the siblings of night 72)”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

“Acquire provisions of piety in this world for you will leave ,
And know there is no doubt that death is on its way.
The comfort you have here is all deceit and grief;
Your worlds life is absurd vanity.
This world is like a travelers camping ground;
He halts here in the evening and in the morning he is gone.”
― Anonymous , The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

“This world is the home of those who have no home
It deceives the fool who entrusts it with his wealth , his children , his family and his clan
He continues to put his trust with it, treading proudly on the earth until he rests between it ( with his nearest and dearest soil over him )”
― Anonymous , The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

“one is free of envy’ and ‘Injustice lurks in the soul; strength shows it and weakness hides it.”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 of 3

“cum-warehouses,”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 of 3