God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Flying
A man will sacrifice his head to conquer a heart.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Heart
Do not leave to the morning the business of the evening.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Morning, Business
When violence comes into the house, law and justice leave through the chimney.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Law, Violence
Everyone admires his own character.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Character, Admiration
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Haste
A person does not seek luck; luck seeks the person.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Luck
Silence is music to a wise man.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Silence
He that falls by himself never cries.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Pessimism, Complaining, Complaints
A woman has advice only for another woman.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Advice
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Wisdom
One arrow does not bring down two birds.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Concentration, Focus
Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Violence
Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship, Friends and Friendship
Gold takes no rust.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Gold
Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Humanity, Humankind
A prudent man will read the letter from back to front.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Letters
Today’s egg is better than tomorrow’s hen.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: The Present
The physician prescribes the medicine, the vulture waits for the body.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: The Body
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Words
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Heart
He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Haste
Satan’s friendship reaches to the prison door.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship
No road is long with good company.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship, Relationships
A defeated wrestler is not tired of wrestling.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Defeat
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Grief, Proverbs
There isn’t a sword that would cut off a golden hand.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Gold
He who has no bread has no authority
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Authority
Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Bitterness
In our eyes the neighbor’s chicken is a goose.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Eyes
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