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لسانك حصانك إن صنته صانك وإن خنته خانك

Your tongue is your horse: if you guard it, it guards you; if you betray it, it betrays you.

Careful, honest speech protects a person, while careless or false words bring ruin upon oneself.

Traditional Sahrawi Wisdom, Western Sahara

Source: Traditional Hassaniya-Sahrawi proverb, shared Sahrawi-Bedouin Arab oral tradition, public-domain

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