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turkishProverbs[i++]="'Pot, your bottom is black.' 'Yours is blacker than me.' Meaning: Examine your own mistakes and faults first, before blaming others.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A barking dog doesn't bite. Meaning: Someone who lets out his fury by shouting will not do any physical harm. Display of aggression is usually bluff.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A bird will not fly with one wing.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A brave/daring gypsy will brag on his robberies. (A gypsy, so daringly fool, confesses his own inapplausable acts without even being asked) Meaning: Do not brag with the things that are not suitable to brag with. (Do not brag about unworthy acts)";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A broke merchant counted his small change. Meaning: Said when an underachiever recounts his petty achievements.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A charged pistol scares one person, an empty one scares forty people. Meaning: Control your power. If it is controlled, only the target will be concerned. Otherwise, you create panic.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A chicken won't be grudged to a place a goose will come from. Meaning: You need to be ready to sacrifice smaller things to reach your bigger goals.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A defeated wrestler is not tired of wrestling.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A dog that intends to bite does not bare its teeth. Meaning: Malicious action is done surreptitiously.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A fish only comes to its senses after it is caught in the net. Meaning: You will only learn when something happens to you. (No use regretting after losses)";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A good person always arrives on the uttering of his name. Meaning: Used for people who show up instantly when they have been talked about.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A guest does not get the food he expects but what he's served.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A hungry bear won't dance. Meaning: One needs food to do some work.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A hungry hen sees herself in a wheat silo. Meaning: In utter greed all adapted methods thought to be lawful which in reality is not.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A hungry man thinks he won't be satiated, a thirsty man thinks he won't be quenched.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A lake forms drop by drop. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A liar's candle will burn until bed-time. Meaning : A lie will be eventually exposed.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A man who seeks a perfect friend, will turn out having none.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A pear will fall to its root. Meaning: Children resemble their parents. (Children take after their parents)";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A person who shys away from engaging social interactions will stay single.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A reserved will not have sons and daughters.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A rich man's belongings will tire a poor man's jaw.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A rose will sprout from the place where a teacher has hit. Meaning: No learning without beating.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A satiated man doesn't know what's hunger, a healthy man doesn't know what's disease.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A son will learn from his father to make a living, a daughter will learn from her mother to cut clothes.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A stick with both sides covered in shit. Meaning: Either of the options is unsatisfactory.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A white day sheds light, a black day sheds darkness.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Abundance is from activity. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Already passed the caravan of friends, just leave me alone. Meaning: Used when some bad event reaches a point of no return.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="An ember burns where it falls.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="An over-protected eye gets the speck (Being overly careful invites misfortunes).";
turkishProverbs[i++]="An over-protected eye gets the speck. Meaning: Being overly careful invites misfortunes.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Dare to steal the minaret but first prepare the sack for hiding it. Meaning: Excuses have to be prearranged before the trespasses.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Divorcing a wife is easy for a single guy. Meaning: If somebody is looking at the situation from outside, he can't fully comprehend it.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Do good and throw it into the sea; if the fish don't know it, God will. Literal meaning: The best decision is a made one";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Do not search for a calf under an ox.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Dogs bark but caravan still moves on. Meaning: Great achievements can't be prevented by insignificant people.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Don't believe in foretellings but don't stay without them. Meaning: Foretellings are not to be believed but they might have benefits.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you, don't lie down in high places, wind will take you. Meaning: Do not do extreme things, stay casual.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Don't tell your secret to your friend, he will tell it to his friend.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Don't tread on the tail of a sleeping snake.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Drop by drop the lake is formed. Meaning: From little acorns, mighty oak trees grow.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Dry poo does not stick to the anus. Meaning: It is wrong to blame someone with doing something before it is actually proven.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Even if you know a thousand things, still ask someone who knows. Meaning: It is advisable to check with an expert.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Even the rooster of a rich man lays eggs.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Every rooster crows in its own pen. Meaning: People take courage from being in familiar surroundings.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Every sheep is hanged from its own leg. Meaning: Everyone is responsible for his own actions.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Every thing is best when new, a friend and wine are best when old.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Explaining something to an ignorant person is harder than making a camel jump over a ditch.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Fire burns where it falls. Meaning: Pain is suffered most by the one who is inflicted.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Flawless human is impossible Meaning: Nobody's Perfect.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Free vinegar is sweeter than honey.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Good actions are never lost. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Grapes will darken by looking at each other. Meaning: People mature by learning from their peers. People become bad through bad company.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Habits don't expire until the soul expires.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="He who did not help building the minaret, thinks that it just grew out from the ground.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="He who does evil to another, has done it to himself. Meaning: Sow the wind, reap the storm.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="He who gets up (starts up) in anger, sits down with a loss.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="He who has wraps four, he who has not wraps trouble. Meaning: The rich have valuables, the poor have troubles.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="He who hiccups of him who beats the pestle. Meaning: To pretend to help but not do anything.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Hope is the bread of the poor.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Hope won't be cut from the soul that has not expired. Meaning: As long as there is life, there is hope.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If and When were planted and Nothing grew. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If the imam farts, the whole congregation will defecate. Meaning: The leader serves as an example to his followers.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If the imam scoffs, the community will chortle. Meaning: The leader serves as a model for the people.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If the place you have arrived at is blind, shut your eyes. Meaning: When in Rome, do as Romans do.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If the world is flooded, it wouldn't matter for the duck.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If they say there is a wedding in the sky, women would try to put up a ladder. Meaning: Turkish women like weddings very much.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="If you spit downwards, it hits the beard, if you spit upwards, the mustache. Meaning: Either way, the situation is bad.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="In a village with too many roosters morning will come late. Meaning: With too much deliberation a solution won't be reached.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="In the land where there are no sheep, they call goats Abdur Rahim Chelebi Meaning: Akin to in the land of the blind, the man with one eye is king";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Iron that works does not rust. Meaning: One has to practice to keep up one's performance.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="It is better to walk around a bush than fight with a dog.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="It is not a shame not to know, it is a shame not to ask.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="It is not disgraceful to ask, it is disgraceful not to ask. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="It is unclear who has money and who faith.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="It is worms which destroy a tree, it is worry which destroys a human.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="It's easy for a single to divorce a woman. Meaning: Things seem easier to the one who isn't involved.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Keep straw, its time will come. Meaning: Don't throw away even an insignificant thing, there might be a time, when it will be needed.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Killing two birds with one stone.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Kind words will unlock an iron door. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Lazy people only talk.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Many will show the way after the carriage (variant: ox cart) has overturned. Meaning: Everone is wise after the event. (Everyone tends to be wise with advices not before an incident has happened)";
turkishProverbs[i++]="March makes one look through the door, and makes one burn hoes and shovels. Meaning: Do not act carelessly under influence of enthusiasm, or you might find yourself in a darer situation.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Meaning:Everything has got it's own time.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Mountain won't meet mountain, but man will meet man. Meaning: Consider that whatever you do to a person, you may meet him again.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Mountains won't endure on what lies ready.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Name the dog, ready the stick. Meaning: Used for people who show up instantly when they have been talked about. Usually has an unpleasant meaning.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Near the dry, the damp will burn. Meaning: If you are with wrongdoers, nobody cares if you are innocent.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="No smoke will come out from a place where there is no fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire)";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Not every stone will hurt your head. Meaning: You should not be scared of every little obstacle.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Not he who lived long knows, but he who traveled much knows. Meaning: Experience counts more than years.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="One cannot eat the meat of every bird. Meaning: Not every person will do as you say.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="One must fill the pitcher while the water is flowing. Meaning: Better to save money when you are able to work.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="One searches for someone else's donkey while singing songs. Meaning: People are not disheartened by the trouble of others.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="One who has once burnt his tongue while drinking milk will blow to yoghurt before eating it. Meaning: One who has experienced pain will be cautious even in the least dangerous situation.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Order the lazybones a task; he will give you advice.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Patience is the key to paradise. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Property will not earn life, but life will earn property. Meaning: Health is more important than wealth.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Remove that bean hiding under your tongue. Meaning: Tell what are you really are going to tell me, rather than prolonging the conversation.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Stick the needle into yourself (to see how it hurts) before you thrust the packing-needle into others.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Sun cannot be daubed using wet clay. Meaning: One cannot conceal something very obvious whatever they try.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The Devil would intrude upon hurried work. Meaning: Don't be too hasty.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The bald becomes golden haired when he dies, the blind becomes almond eyed when he dies. Meaning: People will attribute unrealistically good qualities to a person once he dies.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The beaten wrestler is never satisfied with wrestling. Meaning: He who fails will always want to try again and again until success.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The brave is known by his fame.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The buyer of the rotten beans is the blind man.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The cornered rat will lick the balls of the cat. Meaning: A stranded person will act subserviently in order to survive.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The crow said: 'Oh, my snow-white child'. Meaning: Everyone thinks their child is beautiful. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="As the crow tried to imitate the partridge, it forgot its own walking style. Meaning: Be thyself.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The dog that barks much does not bite.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a bunch of grapes to the father. Meaning: Used when a person does something ungrateful and selfish to another person who made good deeds for him.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The fly is small, but it is big enough to make one sick.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The green twig is easily bent.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The hare (rabbit) was offended with the mountain, but the mountain did not notice. Meaning: It is senseless to show resentment towards an unresponsive and unrelated person or entity. / Also used as a catalyzer in an argument to state to the other side that, they are insignificant and not to worth to be paid attention for the speaker.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The head of the rooster that crows out of time will be cut off. Meaning: Know where to speak.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The liar's house burned, but nobody believed it.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The mill won't turn with carried water. Meaning: A job can't be done with inadequate means.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The nose of him whose guide is a crow will never get out of the shit. Meaning: Follow the right advise.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The one who lays in shade in summer, whose bread becomes dark in winter Meaning: if you don't work in summer, you don't get comfort in winter";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The one who speaks truth would be expelled from nine villages. Meaning: Who always speaks the truth is not popular.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The priest does not eat rice every day. Meaning: To grab an opportunity.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The raven sees its chickens as falcons.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The right to criticize comes from working. Meaning: Those who haven't done it shouldn't criticize it.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The sheep separated from the flock is eaten by the wolf.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The sheik cannot fly, but his disciple lets him fly. Meaning: Followers tend to attribute characteristics to a leader that he has not got.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The shoemaker's child goes barefoot. The baker's child goes hungry. The plumber's house (roof) always leaks.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The shroud has no pockets. Meaning: You cannot take your earthly belongings with you when you die. Make better things with your wealth.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The sound of drums sounds nicely from far away. Meaning: The grass looks greener on the other side.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The stew of cheap meat will be tasteless (hard). Meaning: Cheap possessions disappoint.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The stone will not move from its place, unless you cooperate. Meaning: Hard tasks can be accomplished by collaboration.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The value of youth will be known in old age.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="The village that one can see requires no guide. Meaning: No need to say something when it is obvious.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="There are many who throw stones at a red apple. Meaning: Good will be envied.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="There is no lover like mothers' nor a place like homeland. Meaning: No others' love can be compared to mothers' love and no place is 'better' than the homeland.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="There is no remedy for what will be and who will die.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="There is no right way to do a wrong thing. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="There is no sovereignty like bachelorhood.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="There lies a lion in every heart. Meaning: Everybody has bravery somewhere in themselves.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They asked the camel why its neck was curved. 'What of me is straight?' it said. Meaning: Used for extremely unpleasant and pessimistic situations. Also used to insult people.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They asked the wolf: 'Why is your neck thick?', and it said: 'I do my job myself, that's why.'";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They call you generous and make you lose your property, they call you brave and make you lose your life.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They made the garlic a bride, its smell did not come out for forty days. Meaning: Only after some time are a spouse's faults noticed. / Also used if someone overbrags on his/her achievements for an extended period of time.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They put the nightingale in a golden cage, it still craved for its country.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They put up minds for sale on the market, everyone liked his own mind. (Variant: Everyone put up his mind for sale on the market, and liked his own mind.) Meaning: To stick to one's own opinion.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They throw stones at a tree with fruit. (Always the trees that bear fruit are stoned) Meaning: Those who are good and talented are the most envied and critisized for.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="They will cut off the head of a cock that crows before it is time.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Time is cash. Meaning: Time is money.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="To one who understands, a mosquito is a lute, to one who does not understand, a drum and zurna are little. Meaning: A good listener needs only half a word.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Tomorrow is another day. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Trees bend when they are young. Meaning: You can only learn at a young age, when you get older you will not be able to learn.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Turkish Proverb";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Two captains sink the ship. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Two heads are better than one.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="What a man is at seven is also what he is at seventy.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="What comes from The Ever Living One will go to him. Meaning: He who comes from the creator, will return to him at the end.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="What does one hand have? Two hands make a sound. (You can't get a clapping sound by a single hand) Meaning: People produce more or better work if they cooperate.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="What flares up fast, extinguishes soon.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="What is salt to tasteless food, what is a word to a foolish head?";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Whatever the thoughts of the dervish, so are his formulas. Meaning: Man's thoughts are revealed in his speech.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="When bribery enters through the door, faith goes out through the chimney";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Where there is activity, there is fertility.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Wherever you go, an okka is four hundred dirhem. Meaning: It makes no difference, fact is fact. (An okka is a weight of 1282 gr, or 400 dirhem).";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who eats it won't know the bitterness of the onion, but who chops it does. Meaning: You can not know how hard a work is, unless you are involved in it.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who enters the Turkish bath will sweat. Meaning: To bear the consequences of one's actions.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who falls into the sea will take hold even of a snake. Meaning: If you are in a bad situation, you will accept any help. Beggars can't be choosers.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who fears the sparrows must not sow millet. Meaning: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who gives the money will play the flute. Meaning: There is no free lunch.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who goes near soot smells of soot, and who goes near musk smells of musk. Meaning: A person is influenced by the company he keeps.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who gossips to you will gossip about you. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who has never been burned in the sun won't know the value of shadow. Meaning: One will not appreciate something, if they haven't ever been in need of it.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who has no intention to pray has no ears for the call to prayer. Meaning: One's perceptions depend on her/his intentions.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who is far from the eye will also be far from the heart. Meaning: One who is out of sight is also out of mind.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who laughs last, laughs the best.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who leaves no traces in the field, will be put to shame at harvest. Meaning: Who does not attend to his tasks won't have results.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who lies with the blind gets up cross-eyed. Meaning: If you are with the wrong person, you will adopt the mistakes.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who loves a rose will endure its thorns. Meaning: If you love something, you need to accept its undesirable attributes./ everything has its consequences";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who sows wheat with the devil will get its chaff.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Who wants yoghurt in winter must carry a cow in his pocket. Meaning: If you want something difficult, you must be willing to take the trouble to obtain it.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Whoever has the Seal, he is Solomon [the prophet]. (Solomon is he who has the seal) Meaning: He who is the boss is the one who calls the shots. (Those who are empowered have the right to enforce authority)";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Wish well, be well.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="With talking the cheese ship won't move. Meaning: It's action that will yield tangible results, not the talking.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Without effort there is no food. Meaning: No pain, no gain.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Wormy beans will have blind buyers. Meaning: Even worthless things find a buyer.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="You a master, I a master, who is to milk this cow? Meaning: Said when a job is not done because everybody considers each other as an underling.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="You can tell a lion from where he dwells. Meaning: A person's character shows itself from his surroundings.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="You harvest what you sow.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="You harvest what you sow. ";
turkishProverbs[i++]="You should kiss the hand that you can't bend. Meaning: You should respect someone who is superior, rather than grudging towards him.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="You will reap whatever you sow.";
turkishProverbs[i++]="Youth is a bird, escapes my capture. Old age is a heavy burden, can't sell it for a penny.";

randomTurkishProverb = turkishProverbs[Math.floor(Math.random() *  turkishProverbs.length)];