457 Turkish Proverbs / Page 18
341. 
The unqualified man desires to climb to the top; the bad man desires to sit at the head of the table.
342. 
The value of youth will be known in old age.
343. 
The village one can see requires no guide.
344. 
The wise man says what he knows; the fool doesn't know what he is saying.
345. 
The world is like that: one gives a melon, the other gets the stomach cramps.
346. 
There are many who throw stones at a red apple.
347. 
There are many words that are like salted jam.
348. 
There is no remedy for what will be and who will die.
349. 
There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence.
350. 
There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
351. 
There is no royal road to learning.
352. 
There is not a single season without fruit.
353. 
There isn't a sword that would cut off a golden hand.
354. 
There lies a lion in every heart.
355. 
They asked the wolf: "Why is your neck thick?", and it said: "I do my job myself, that's why."
356. 
They call one "generous" and make one lose one's property, they call one "brave" and make one lose one's soul.
357. 
They made the garlic a bride, its smell did not come out for forty days.
358. 
They put the blabbermouth in hell, and he shouted "The wood is damp!"
359. 
They put the nightingale into a golden cage, yet it still craved for its home.
360. 
They put up minds for sale on the market, everyone liked his own mind.
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