When God wants to please a poor man, He lets him lose his donkey and then helps him find it again.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god, man
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A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man
When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man
Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about hope, fear, things
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
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
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
