#turkish proverbs

[julesofnature]

The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.

Turkish Proverbs

[metsov]

Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var

It takes two hands to make a sound

[ofpoetryproseandinspiration]

Luck is like a bathhouse basin: empty and full, full and empty.

Turkish proverb

[emptyrecyclebin]

When the axe came into the woods, many of the trees said, 'At least the handle is one of us.'

Turkish Proverb

[withlove83]

[avciterbiyecisi]

“Two captains will sink the ship”

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

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

“Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.”

“A small key opens big doors.”

“A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.”

“A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.”

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

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

“The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil”

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

“He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it”

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

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

“Whoever the heart loves, she is the beauty.”

“Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.”

“A fool dreams of wealth; a wise man, of happiness.”

“Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one”

“A weapon is an enemy even to its owner”

“Who gossips to you, will gossip of you”

“Wish well, be well.”

[uncertaintyandrevelry-blog]

[eegee]

coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.

turkish proverb.