Two captains sink the ship.
50+ Best Turkish Proverbs Quotes & Wishes
Best Turkish Proverbs — handpicked quotes, wishes and messages to copy, share, or download as a free image card on GoodMorningQuotes.
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A stone is heavy in its own place.
He who has not tasted the bitter cannot know the sweet.
A thousand regrets do not pay one debt.
The world is a caravanserai: one door for coming in, one door for going out.
The mill will not grind with water that has already passed.
A bad neighbor makes a man buy what he might have borrowed.
Every sheep is hung by its own leg.
The sheep that leaves the flock is eaten by the wolf.
The crow that tried to walk like a partridge forgot its own step.
What the eye sees, the heart desires.
Fleeing the bear, he met the wolf.
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
He who sows millet must not fear the sparrows.
A single nail saves a shoe; a shoe saves a horse; a horse saves a commander.
When the donkey grows old, it becomes the laughing-stock of crows.
A guest is served what the house has, not what he wishes.
The cock that crows too early gets its head cut off.
He who tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.
A man's mirror is his work, not his words.
He digs a well with a needle.
A man's homeland is not where he was born, but where he is fed.
Two watermelons cannot be carried under one arm.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
He who rises in anger will sit down with regret.
The tongue has no bones, yet it can break bones.
Do not tie a knot with your teeth if you can untie it with your fingers.
The liar's candle burns only until the evening prayer.
When the axe came into the forest, the trees said: the handle is one of us.
A guest brings his blessings with him.
He who holds the honey licks his fingers.
He who wants honey must not be afraid of the bees.
Do not entrust the liver to the cat.
The pear falls beneath its own tree.
He drowned in a spoonful of water.
A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is too many.
The horn grows later than the ear, but soon it sticks out beyond it.
A word flies away, but writing stays.
Do not search for a calf under a bull.
In every hero's heart a lion sleeps.
A tree bends while it is young.
The donkey is invited to the wedding either to carry water or to carry wood.
Whoever falls into the sea will grab even a snake.
Hope is the bread of the poor.
Do not roll up your trousers before you reach the stream.
If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the sky.
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
A cup of coffee will be remembered for forty years.