There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A small stone may make a ripple at first, but someday it will be a wave. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. Irish proverb” — Janice Thompson Copy Share Image
“Now that the barn has burned down, I can see the moon. - Persian proverb” — Samantha Combs Copy Share Image
“The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“If you don’t know where you are going, you should know where you came from.” —GULLAH PROVERB” — Patti Callahan Henry Copy Share Image
“There’s an Arabian proverb that says if you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.” — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“The rich cannot eat money,’ dryly observes a Russian proverb, ‘so it’s just as well that there are poor folk to grow… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
“Whoever cannot see the hand of God in finding their mate, will never see the hand of God in anything. —JEWISH PROVERB” — Ruchama King Feuerman Copy Share Image
“I was reminded of a proverb: 'When a clay Buddha statue sails across the river, it can hardly protect itself.” — Qiu Xiaolong Copy Share Image
People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you upon that which they have of your… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Human beings say, "It never rains but it pours." This is not very apt, for it frequently does rain without pouring. The… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
What is taken from the fortune, also, may haply be so much lifted from the soul. The greatness of a loss, as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“In Shoshone, there's a saying. It's a long one, and it doesn't have an English equivalent, so bear with me. Sutummu tukummuinna.… — Rose Christo Copy Share Image
The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough.… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image. — Moses ibn Ezra Copy Share Image
“There is a proverb which says "As the soul is at three so it is at one hundred,” — Yei Theodora Ozaki Copy Share Image
“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
The worst thing about proverbs and quotations is that the fools make no use of them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image