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

More Turkish Proverbs

• An open mouth remains no hungry.
• Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size.
• A fool dreams of wealth; a wise man, of happiness.
• Who buys cheap buys dear.
• Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.
• A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.
• A hungry stomach has no ears.
• He who has no bread has no.
• Beauty Passes, wisdom remains.
• There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.
• Whoever the heart loves, she is the beauty.
• 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