Turkish Proverbs Proverbs Quotations

Many will show you the way once your cart has overturned.

God has created us brothers but has given us separate purses.

If the insolent man is strong, the one in the right is considered guilty.

He who sleeps with a blind man will wake up cross-eyed.

He who sends a child on an errand must go after him as well.

Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.

It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.

Part with your head, but not with your secret.

It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.

Whoever speaks evil to you of others will speak evil of you to others.

Whoever is fond of cream should take the cow around with him.

Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know.

Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.

Either drive this camel to pasture or leave the country.

Every sheep is hung by his own leg.

At table keep a short hand; in company keep a short tongue.

A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings.

Do what your teacher says but not what he does.

Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest.

An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.

The miser and the open-handed spend the same in the long run.

A man is as wise as his head, not his years.

For every wise man there is one still wiser.

No matter where you go, your destiny follows you.

No matter how tall a tree grows its leaves always fall to the ground.

If you wish to do a good deed, consult no one.

He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.