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In order to develop a proper set of values, a number of proverbs use direct comparisons: �Better a poor man whose walk is blameless / than a rich man whose ways are perverse� (28:6). This �better . . . than� pattern can be seen ... in 15:16�17; 16:19,32; 17:1,12; a modified form occurs in 22:1. Another pattern found in the book is the so-called numerical proverb. Used for the first time in 6:16 (see note there), this type of saying normally has the number three in the first line and four in the second (cf. 30:15,18,21,29).
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Of the early collections of proverbs published in Turkey, 698 proverbs appended to the end of a book, entitled Teshil, are very important. To this day no one knows who compiled these proverbs and when. Teshil published in Istanbul in 1480, is a book on medicine. Its author, Mawlana(Mevlalana)
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Three thousand years ago a king named Solomon wrote a book called Proverbs. These short sayings contain the teachings of one of the wisest men who ever lived. He wrote about many topics that we all think about--how to raise our children properly, the importance of discipline and hard work, the value of kindness to the poor, how to learn contentment, how to have a pure heart, and how to bless others through the words we say.
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“Definition” in the case of the book now in your hands means that Yurtbası has categorized his proverbs by concept and has often ... interpreted them in translating and matching them with their counterparts from other languages and cultures. This was truly a difficult task, both because of the sheer bulk of the material involved, and because all of it required subjective interpretation.
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