Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you, don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about lie, contentment
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The unqualified man desires to climb to the top; the bad man desires to sit at the head of the table.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about heads, bad luck, man, bad
A son will learn from his father to make a living, a daughter will learn from her mother to cut clothes.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about clothes, mother
If everything that came from your tongue were to come into your hands, then every beggar would be a pasha.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
To one who understands, a mosquito is a lute, to one who does not understand, a drum and zurna are little.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
If a stone falls on an egg, it is bad for the egg; if an egg falls onto a stone, it is still bad for the egg.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about bad luck, bad
They call one generous and make one lose one's property, they call one brave and make one lose one's soul.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about soul
Even if the whole world conspired against you -- that would not inflict a quarter of the harm you inflict yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about world, contentment
Your five year old son is your instructor; at ten your slave; at fifteen your equal and after that either friend or foe.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about old, olderness
If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about disaster, home, house
The first drink makes you a frisky gazelle, the second an impetuous zebra, the third a roaring lion, and with the fourth you become a silly donkey.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about drinking, contentment
If you are honored, honor yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
A man dies but his tongue does not rot.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
You must eat an elephant one bite at a time.
Proverbs and old sayings about time, contentment
If your child is dancing clumsily, tell him: 'you are dancing clumsily'; do not tell him: 'darling, do as you please. '
Proverbs and old sayings about children, contentment
If your part of the battlefield is covered with thorns, you do not leave your position and go to stand where the ground is good.
Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck, contentment
People are the thing: if i call 'gold, ' gold does not respond; if i call 'clothes, ' clothes do not respond; people are the thing.
Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, things, people
The dog orders its tail.
Proverbs and old sayings
A spoken word, carved wood.
Proverbs and old sayings about word
Man grows up, felt wears out.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
