Great Throughts Treasury

"Hope won't be cut from the soul that has not expired. (Meaning: As long as there is life, there is hope.)"

"Hoist your sail when the wind is fair."

"Heart endures when eye does not see. (Meaning: One can endure being far away from loved ones by not seeing them.)"

"Heaven was inspired by the first judge to take a bribe."

"Honey is one thing, the price is another."

"Hope is the bread of the poor. (Used to point out that hope helps sustain the poor or needy.)"

"I found today, I will eat today. Tomorrow ? Well, God is great."

"I have rather an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me."

"I know nothing about it, I haven't seen it; that is the best answer."

"I tell it to my daughter, for my daughter-in-law to understand. (Used to point out that sometimes a message is intended for someone other than the actual recipient)"

"Idle men tempt the devil; the devil tempts all others."

"If a cat wants to eat her kittens, she'll say that they look like mice."

"If a fool has a lot of grease he will wipe it on his beard."

"If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb."

"If a dog’s prayers were answered, bones would rain from the sky. (Used as response against somebody with a hurtful or evil wish. It is rude and used only in a verbal fight.)"

"If everything that came from your tongue were to come into your hands, then every beggar would be a pasha."

"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."

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

"If one is far away, one also gets far away from the heart. (Meaning: Expresses the feeling that by being far away, one risks losing the love and affection of a person.)"

"If' and when were planted, and nothing grew."

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

"If the bald man knew a remedy he would rub it on his own head."

"If speaking is silver, then listening is gold."

"If the imam farts, the community will shit."

"If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster."

"If the wind does not blow, the leaves do not move."

"If the time don’t suit you, suit yourself to the time."

"If the place you have arrived at is blind, blink your eye."

"If the world is flooded, it wouldn't matter for the duck."

"If you do not know what to say, say what your elders said."

"If you enter the Turkish bath, you will sweat! (If you can’t handle the stress, then don’t take on a tough job.)"

"If they say there is a wedding in the sky, women would try to put up a ladder."

"If you give him cloth, he’ll ask for the lining. (Used to make a point one is being greedy.)"

"If you search for a faultless woman, you will remain a bachelor."

"If you fall in a river hang on to a snake."

"If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes."

"If your beard's on fire, others will light their pipes on it."

"If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup."

"If your guest becomes a cook, your larder will soon be empty."

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

"In a village with too many roosters morning will come late."

"In the company of the blind, close your eyes."

"In our eyes the neighbor's chicken is a goose."

"In proportion as anger comes, sense departs."

"It is better to walk around a bush than fight with a dog."

"Iron that works does not rust."

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

"It is easy for the single guy to divorce his wife."

"It is easy to say “Come”, difficult to say “Go”. (Used to caution that it is easy to invite someone, but difficult to ask them to leave.)"

"It is more difficult than teaching a camel to jump (than to reason with fool). (Used to express frustration in discussion.)"