Destiny caresses the few and molests the many.

Listening requires more intelligence than speaking.

Love and blindness are companions.

He who would be loved must begin by loving.

The man who conceals his pain will never find a cure.

Stretch your feet only as your blanket allows.

A sword does not cut its own sheath.

Gold button cannot belong to a torn coat.

The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.

The heart is like a glass castle, it cannot be mended.

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Business comes in ounces, friendship comes in pounds.

It is from the discourteous that the courteous learn courtesy.

Owe nothing to the rich man, and be owed nothing by a poor man.

The hand that gives is higher than the hand that takes.

To give quickly is to give twice.

Give a man some cloth and he’ll ask for some lining.

For every door God closes He opens a thousand others.

Harmony should be sought even in the blast of a trumpet.

The head that is bowed will not be cut off.

Until you have reached the other side of the bridge go on calling the bear “uncle”.

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• It is from the head that the fish first stinks.

• The planting of a tree is worth the prayers of a whole year.

• The key to paradise is patience.

• An onion offered in love is worth a sheep.

• Falcons with falcons, goose with goose and bald hen with lame cock.

• What is grass to the lion is flesh to the horse.

• What drowning man would not cling to the tail of a serpent.

• If you accept the wolf’s invitation take a dog.

• Cropping a donkey’s ears will not produce a stallion.

• No caravan stops for the bark of a dog.

• Even is guilt were made of sable no one would choose to wear it.

• Anyone can climb on the back of a small horse.

• Ears grow first but horns grow longest.

• There are no sweet onions, and there are no white pigs.

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Kendini evindeymiş gibi hisset.

Feel at home.

Şu duvarların bir dili olsa da konuşsa …

If these walls could speak a language …

İt ürür, kervan yürür.

Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.

Dereyi görmeden pacalari sıvama.

Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream.

Yol bilenle yürüyen yorulmaz.

Whoever works with experts will never tire on his journey.

Damlaya damlaya göl olur.

Drop by drop it becomes a lake.

Verirsen veresiye, batarsın karasuya.

If you give on credit, you’ll sink in dark waters.

Dost ile ye, iç, alışveriş etme.

Eat and drink with a good friend, but don’t shop or barter with them.

İnsanın vatanı doğduğu yer değil, doyduğu yerdir.

A person’s country isn’t where they were born, but where they eat well.

Tuzu kuru.

His/her salt is dry.

El kazanı ile aş kaynamaz.

You can’t cook food in a stranger’s cauldron.

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Dereyi görmeden pacalari sıvama.
Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream.

This saying is used to make a point that one should not be overly eager and optimistic about an outcome. False expectations can quickly lead to disappointment and furthermore, those metaphorically walking around with rolled up trousers may end up looking slightly foolish.

The view is of the Pontic Mountains in the North-Eastern part of Turkey in the region of Anatolia. The mountains reach a height of almost 4000 metres.

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