Famous Proverbs
458 Proverbs about Turkish / Page 14
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If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.132.
If you fall in a river hang on to a snake.133.
If you look for a faultless woman, you will remain a bachelor.134.
If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.135.
If your beard's on fire, others will light their pipes on it.136.
If your guest becomes a cook, your larder will soon be empty.137.
In our eyes the neighbor's chicken is a goose.138.
In the company of the blind, close your eyes.139.
It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.140.
Listen with both ears, but speak with only one tongue.