Great Throughts Treasury

"Better a calf of one's own than a jointly owned cow."

"Do not eat the strangers' bread as this diminishes your stature."

"Better one day a man than ten days a woman."

"Do not throw the arrow which will return against you."

"Do what your teacher says but not what he does."

"Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream."

"Both the hunted and the hunter rely on God."

"Better a wise foe than a foolish friend."

"Deal with your friends as if they will become your enemies tomorrow, and deal with your enemies as if they will become your friends tomorrow."

"Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on."

"Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them."

"Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot."

"Empty words will not fill an empty stomach."

"Every sheep is hung by his own leg."

"Every "bad" has its "worse"."

"Fear an ignorant man more than a lion."

"Expect the worst from your enemy so that you won't be disappointed."

"Everything is pardoned the brave."

"Fighting is better than idleness."

"For every wise man there is one still wiser."

"God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly."

"God created women and women created the hearth."

"Give nine, save ten."

"God has created us brothers but has given us separate purses."

"Guests bring good luck with them."

"He who loves a woman is a nephew of the sun."

"He who wants pearls has to dive into the sea."

"If God didn?t like beautiful women, he wouldn?t have made them."

"If God closes one door, He opens a thousand others."

"Help yourself, and be loved by others."

"If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher."

"If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong."

"If you are not a rose, do not be a thorn either."

"If you cannot build a town, build a heart."

"If you cannot contribute positivity, at least do not contribute adversity."

"If you talk to the blacksmith you'll get hit by sparks."

"If you give him cloth, he'll ask for the lining."

"Ignorance is sweet for the soul."

"In a fire, both green and dry wood burn."

"In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain."

"If you wish to do a good deed, consult no one."

"It is better to be naked in your place than to be a pasha with strangers."

"It is better to be a male for one day than a female for ten."

"It is easy to catch a serpent with someone else's hand."

"It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason."

"It is up to the people to feed the dogs; it's up to the Cardias to feed the Turks."

"It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world."

"Kind words will unlock an iron door."

"It is easy to say "Come" difficult to say "Go"."

"Kurds (as a nation) have no friends."