Turkish proverbs

Proverbs from all Turkish speaking parts of the world. A Acele işe şeytan karışır. English equivalent: Haste makes waste. Gölpınarlı 1977 Tasavvuf'tan deyimler ve atasözleri 9 Al elmaya taş atan çok olur. English equivalent: No enemies is a sign that fortune has forgotten you. "Heh, heh... Thanks... You're nice. Umm... Can I ask... a question? The right thing... What is it? I wonder... If you do the right thing... Does it really make... everybody...happy?" Said by Child wearing Gyorg's mask in Majora's Mask (2000), directed by Eiji Aonuma Yurtbaşı 1993 Dictionary of Turkish Proverbs 78 9759570300 Altın kılıç her kapıyı açar. English equivalent: Money opens all doors except those to heaven. Yengec Ile Kizi 49 9758275747 Ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz. English equivalent: No smoke without fire. Aydın Nurhan 2007 Finansal Yönetim 192 319 9750601971 B Babası oğluna bir bağ bağışlamış, oğul babaya bir salkım üzüm vermemiş. the father bequeathed a vineyard to his son, but the son denied his father even a bunch of grapes. The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a single bunch of grapes to the father. Note: Used when a person does something ungrateful and selfish to another person who made good deeds for him. Sakaoğlu Saim 2003 101 Türk efsanesi 200 253 975338467X Baba nasılsa oğlu da öyledir. English equivalent: Like father, like son. "Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages 170 527 1-875943-44-7 Bir vurmakla ağaç devrilmez. English equivalent: A tree won't fall with a single blow. "A difficult task, e. g. removing a person or group from a strong position, or changing established ideas cannot be done quickly. It can be achieved gradually, by small steps, a little at a time." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages 252 527 1-875943-44-7 Bilmemek değil, öğrenmemek ayıptır. English equivalent: There is no shame in not knowing something; the shame is in not being willing to learn. Aksoy Ömer Asım 1993 Atasözleri ve Deyimler Sözlüğü 87 593 Ç Çıkmayan candan umit kesilmez. English equivalent: Hope springs eternal. Yetiş Kâzım Edition 31 of Kubbealtı neşriyâtı 1993 Türkçenin nakısları: atasözleri, deyimler, tekerlemeler, bilmeceler 241 363 D Demir tavında dövülür. You should hammer your iron when it's glowing hot. English equivalent: Strike while the iron is hot. Çobanoğlu Özkul Türk dünyası ortak atasözleri sözlüğü https://books.google.com/books?id=FjRlAAAAMAAJ 2004 Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Başkanlığı 204 Dost kara günde belli olur. A friend is known on black (i. e bad days). English equivalent: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages 159 527 1-875943-44-7 E Armut dibine düşer. English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree. "Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages 259 527 1-875943-44-7 G Gözden uzak olan gönülden de uzak olur. English equivalent: Out of sight, out of mind. Out of sight ,out of hearth Arslanoğlu Kaan 2007 Öteki Kayıp Volym 510 of İthaki Yayınları 84 294 9752733220 Gülü seven, dikenine katlanır. English equivalent: the one who loves a rose, should put up with the thorns. Steuerwald Karl 2 1974 Deutsch-türkisches Wörterbuch: Almanca-Türkc̦e sözlük 1 669 3447015845 Güneşte yanmayan gölgenin kıymetini bilmez. unless one gets a sunburn, one may not appreciate the shade English equivalent: He knows good best who has experienced evil. Millı̂ Folklor Araştırma Dairesi Turkey II. Milletlerarası Türk Folklor Kongresi bildirileri: cilt. Halk edebiyatı 204 H Havlayan köpek ısırmaz. English equivalent: Barking dogs seldom bite. "People who make the most or the loudest threats are the least likely to take action." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA14 20 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 17 Steuerwald Karl 1974 Almanca-Türkçe sözlük 303 669 3447015845 Herkes kendi yıldızının demircisi. English equivalent: Every man is the smith of his own fortune. Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages 388 527 1-875943-44-7 I Isıracak köpek dişini göstermez. English equivalent: The biting dog does not show it's teeth. Kemal Orhan 1976 Hanımın çiftliği: roman 307 420 İt ürür, kervan yürür. English equivalent: The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on. "Whatever must be misrepresented, to be ridiculed, is praised. Ridicule - a fool's first and last argument. The ridiculous is what fools remember longest. Deists, in general, attack Christianity by ridicule. This is their most powerful, and perhaps their most successful weapon. All persons can laugh, but all cannot reason. This mode of attacking Christianity answers purposes which can be effected in no other way: for ridicule is unanswerable. Who can refute a sneer? It is independent of proof, reason, or argument; and may as well be used against facts as against falsehood." Charles Simmons, Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker (1852) Lalesi Kar 162 İyi bașlamak yarı bitirmektir. English equivalent: Well begun, is half done. "Starting properly ensures the speedy completion of a process. A beginning is often blocked by one or more obstacles (potential barriers), the removal of which may ensure the smooth course of the process." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages 228 527 1-875943-44-7 N Ne Arap'ın zekeri, ne Şam'ın şekeri. Neither the Arab's penis, nor sweets of Damascus. English equivalent: Want none of it/that Ne ekersen onu biçersin. English equivalent: What you reap, is what you sow. Slaughter Karin 2006 Büyü Gibi Volume 435 of İthaki yayınları: Edebiyat ; 351 245 412 9752732313 S Sabır acıdır, meyvesi tatlıdır. English equivalent: Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Çobanoğlu Özkul Türk dünyası ortak atasözleri sözlüğü 412 511 T Yuvarlanan taş yosun tutmaz. English equivalent: A rolling stone gathers no moss. "There are a Set of People that are of such restless Temper, that before they are well settled in one Habitation, always dip into another. Such Persons fall under the Doom of this Proverb, which is design’d to fix the Volatility of their Tempers, by laying before them the ill Consequences of such fickleness." Divers Proverbs, Nathan Bailey, 1721 Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 1-875943-44-7 100 14 Z Zorla güzellik olmaz. Forced beauty won't do. English equivalent: Forced love and self-made colors do not last. "Love is like a lost fart. If you have to force it, it's probably shit.” Stephen K. Amos, I Used to Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey (2012) Mehmet Beyaz Üstüne Eflatun v. 7.12 340 Misattributed When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus. Widely cited as a Turkish proverb online. Per Turkiye Today: "The origins of the phrase appear to be rooted in Circassian culture, where the saying was originally: “When an ox moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king, but the palace becomes a barn.” [...] The proverb gained widespread attention when Turkish journalist Sedef Kabas tweeted a variation of it in January 2022." Category:Proverbs by language