A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.

More Turkish Proverbs

• A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.
• A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
• Love is a spring flower between two people that develop in summer and does not fade in winter.
• Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
• A small key opens big doors.
• Roses grow where a teacher hits.
• Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
• The granary is at the point of the plowshare.
• God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.
• The sage speaks of what he sees; the fool, of what he hears.
• If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.
• A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.
• The death of another does not save us.
• Study from new books but from old teachers.
• A person does not seek luck, luck seeks the person.
• Fear an ignorant man more than a lion
• Stairs are climbed step by step.
• Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
• He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.
• Who gossips to you, will gossip of you
• It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.
• Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.
• Two captains sink a ship.
• He beats his breast who does not beat his child.
• Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.
• A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.
• If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.