God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Flying
Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Hope
A person does not seek luck; luck seeks the person.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Luck, Proverbs
It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Home
Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Violence
There isn’t a sword that would cut off a golden hand.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Gold
Profit is the brother of loss.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Profit, Brothers
Sorrow is to the soul what the worm is to wood.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Sorrow
You cannot get into Paradise without a guide.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Paradise
None is so rich as to throw away a friend.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Heart
Who kisses the feet of his mother, kisses the step of Paradise.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Mother, Paradise
When violence comes into the house, law and justice leave through the chimney.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Law, Violence
If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Eyes
He who has no bread has no authority.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Authority, Proverbs
He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Heart
A woman has advice only for another woman.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Advice
Today’s egg is better than tomorrow’s hen.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: The Present
Satan’s friendship reaches to the prison door.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship
One bad experience is worth more than a thousand threats.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Experience
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Eating, Food
Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Bitterness, Proverbs
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Grief
A prudent man will read the letter from back to front.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Letters
The devil tempts all other men,
but idle men tempts the devil.
—Turkish Proverb
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Haste
A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Weapon, Enemies, Proverbs
Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Friendship, Friends and Friendship
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
The gardener who loves roses is slave to a thousand thorns.
—Turkish Proverb
Topics: Garden
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