# The most used Turkish proverbs

The proverbs you hear most in everyday Turkish, with their meanings. Chosen from Wikiquote and Wiktionary collections.

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- Dec 28, 2024 · mrtrailrunner
- https://even.best/en/l/1382/the-most-used-turkish-proverbs

## Top 12

1. **Drop by drop, a lake forms.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small savings add up over time.
2. **The dog barks, the caravan moves on.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ignore the critics and keep going.
3. **The devil meddles in hasty work.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Haste makes mistakes.
4. **A friend shows himself on a dark day.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. **Iron is forged when it is hot.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Strike while the iron is hot.
6. **Whoever loves the rose puts up with its thorns.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — If you love something, you accept its downsides.
7. **You reap what you sow.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Your actions come back to you.
8. **Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Waiting is hard, but it pays off.
9. **Not knowing is no shame; not learning is.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — There's no shame in ignorance, only in refusing to learn.
10. **The pear falls at the foot of its tree.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
11. **Beauty can't be forced.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nothing good comes from forcing things.
12. **There's no smoke where there's no fire.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Where there's smoke, there's fire.

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