Proverbs and old sayings Turkish, page 18

429 proverbs and old sayings turkish

Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about violence, power, lie, need

Fish only come to their senses after they are caught in the net.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about fishing

Call the bear $quot; Uncle till you are safe across the bridge.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

A full pistol scares one person, an emty one scares forty people.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about people

What is salt to tasteless food, what is a word to a foolish head?

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about food, word, heads

Abundance doesn't know contentment, but contentment is abundance.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about contentment

I have rather an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

The ink of the scholar is more precious than the blood of martyrs.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about blood

Every thing is best when new, a friend and wine are best when old.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wine, things, old, olderness

The stone will not move from its place unless head is put to head.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about heads

Cocks that crow too early will quickly find themselves in the pot.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

With gold I can buy things; with thinking I can understand things.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about thinking, things, commerce

When the flock makes an about-face, the stragglers become leaders.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about face

The account of the donkey is different from that of the donkey-man.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about man

It is worms which destroy a tree, it is worry which destroys a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about worry, destruction, man

Who leaves no traces in the field, will be put to shame at harvest.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about shame

The hazelnut emerged from its shell and did not like the look of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Even the thinnest piece of meat will happily marry a piece of bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Who has never been burned in the sun won't know the value of shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about value, shadow, sun

One eats while another watches -- that is how revolutions are begun.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish