Turkish proverbs

One night with an ugly woman and one day in the mountains both are like an eternity.

A hungry man thinks he won't be satiated, a thirsty man thinks he won't be quenched.

A satiated man doesn't know what's hunger, a healthy man doesn't know what's disease.

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

The fool castrates himself in order that he could accuse his pregnant wife of adultery.

Explaining something to an ignorant person is harder than making a camel jump over a ditch.

A worthy man is still worthy even penniless, a donkey is a donkey even if he is finely saddled.

They asked the wolf: ""Why is your neck thick?"", and it said: ""I do my job myself, that's why.""

When God wants to please a poor man, He lets him lose his donkey and then helps him find it again.

A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.

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