457 Turkish Proverbs / Page 18
- 171. If a cat wants to eat her kittens, she'll say that they look like mice.
 - 172. If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the sky.
- 173. If a fool has a lot of grease he will wipe it on his beard.
- 174. If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
- 175. 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.
- 176. If everything that came from your tongue were to come into your hands, then every beggar would be a pasha.
- 177. If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.
- 178. If the bald man knew a remedy he would rub it on his own head.
- 179. If the imam farts, the community will shit.
- 180. If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.
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