Great Throughts Treasury

"Fruit of a tree falls near its roots. (Used to point out that children usually turn out like their parents.)"

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

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

"God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well."

"Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain."

"Gold takes no rust."

"God postpones, he does not overlook."

"Golden saber opens every door. (Meaning: Nobody is indifferent to money.)"

"Gold that is lent goes away laughing and comes back in tears."

"Good actions are never lost."

"Good advice is given; good esteem is no given."

"Good advice can be given, a good name cannot be given."

"Good advice may be communicated, but not good manners."

"Grapes will darken by looking at each other."

"Habits don't expire until the soul expires."

"Happiness is like crystal -- when it shines the most, it soon cracks."

"Hawks will not pick out hawk's eyes."

"Happy is he whose own faults prevent him from castigating the faults of others."

"He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm."

"He became an infidel hesitating between two mosques."

"He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it"

"Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak."

"He that considers in prosperity; will be less afflicted in adversity."

"He that converses not knows nothing."

"He that falls by himself never cries."

"He that fears danger in time seldom feels it."

"He who does evil to another, has done it to himself."

"He that falls to-day may be up again to-morrow."

"He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup."

"He that speaks, sows; he that hears, reaps."

"He that speaks without care shall remember with sorrow."

"He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper."

"He that fears you present will hate you absent."

"He who controls his tongue, saves his head."

"He who asks for alms blushes once; he who refuses, twice."

"He who did not help building the minaret, thinks that it just grew out from the ground."

"He who lives on hope, dies of starvation."

"He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth."

"He who has to be hanged, will not drown."

"He who starts up in anger, sits down with a loss. (Used when one is trying to calm an angry person.)"

"He who is only right hasn't really anything."

"He who has no bread has no authority."

"He who does not appreciate one cannot get one thousand."

"He who knows much makes many mistakes."

"He who has wraps four, he who has not wraps trouble."

"He who has no children has one sorrow, he who has children has a thousand sorrows."

"He who steals honey, licks his fingers."

"He who talks without thinking dies without getting sick."

"He who tells the failings of others to you will be ready to tell your failings to others."

"He who wants to kill a dog says that he has urinated against the mosque."