457 Turkish Proverbs / Page 40
- 391. What flares up fast, extinguishes soon.
 - 392. What is loaned will go away smiling and come back crying.
- 393. What is salt to tasteless food, what is a word to a foolish head?
- 394. Whatever the thoughts of the dervish, so are his formulas.
- 395. When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.
- 396. When bribery enters through the door, faith goes out through the chimney.
- 397. When God wants to please a poor man, He lets him lose his donkey and then helps him find it again.
- 398. When it sees money, the flute will play itself.
- 399. When the bundles of tobacco are ready, dancing begins.
- 400. When the flock makes an about-face, the stragglers become leaders.
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