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Literal meaning: The sultan's sword is long.

Proverbs and old sayings

In his own nest a beetle is a sultan.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

A donkey is a donkey though it may carry the Sultan's treasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about treasure

When they came to shoe the horse of the sultan, along comes the beetle and sticks out her foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese

Every fault that a Sultan pleases can be a quality.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about quality

If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Love the one who loves you, even if he has nothing. Do not love the one who does not love you back, even if he is sultan in Egypt.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about love, nothing
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