راس الكسلان بيت الشيطان
Ras el kaslan beit el shitan
Translation: The head of the lazy is the home of Satan
Meaning: Nothing but even comes out of idleness. This saying, no longer in circulation, is a denouncement of idleness. Those who don’t want to be part of the mainstream system, of the workforce, who prefer to be vagabonds and tramps, will end up breaking from the society, or even worse: turn against it.
Source: Egyptian Proverbs, (Al-Ahram Center for Translation and Publishing, 1986) by Ahmed Taymour Pasha,
Translated by: Nabil Shawkat
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