وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَانِعْ فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ
يُضَرَّسْ بِأَنْيَابٍ وَيُوطَأْ بِمَنْسِمِ
Whoever does not use diplomacy in many matters
Will be bitten by fangs and trampled by hooves
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 17. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)