Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Violence
One bad experience is worth more than a thousand threats.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Experience
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Heart
He that falls by himself never cries.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Complaining, Complaints, Pessimism
Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs
Gold takes no rust.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Gold
No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Failure, Change
He who knows much makes many mistakes.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Mistakes
If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Eyes
He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Heart
The gardener who loves roses is slave to a thousand thorns.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Garden
Who kisses the feet of his mother, kisses the step of Paradise.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Mother, Paradise
In our eyes the neighbor’s chicken is a goose.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Eyes
The devil tempts all other men,
but idle men tempts the devil.
—Turkish Proverb
Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship, Friends and Friendship
You cannot get into Paradise without a guide.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Paradise
Profit is the brother of loss.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Profit, Brothers
A prudent man will read the letter from back to front.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Letters
When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
No road is long with good company.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship, Relationships
Sorrow is to the soul what the worm is to wood
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Sorrow, Proverbs
Silence is music to a wise man.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Silence
A defeated wrestler is not tired of wrestling.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Defeat
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Food, Eating
It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Home
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Grief, Proverbs
He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Haste
Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Humanity, Humankind
Don’t look at the shape—look at the character.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Character
Gold that is lent goes away laughing and comes back in tears.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Gold
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