Turkish Proverb Proverbs Quotations

One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.

God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.

There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.

Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.

Whoever the heart loves, she is the beauty.

Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size.

Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.

The granary is at the point of the plowshare.

Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.

Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.

Fear an ignorant man more than a lion

The sage speaks of what he sees; the fool, of what he hears.

A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.

A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.

Study from new books but from old teachers

A pound is sixteen ounces wherever you go.

A twig is bent while it is green.

A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.

A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many.

A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.

It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.

They asked the Turkmen whether he wants to buy bees, he said Why should I have all that buzz with my money?

If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.

If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.

In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.

He beats his breast who does not beat his child.

A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.

A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.