The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Believe! An old Latin proverb reads: "Believe that you have it and you have it." — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars" An ancient Persian proverb” — Nahid Rachlin Copy Share Image
“If you see your neighbor's beard on fire, water your own. --Martinique proverb” — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb” — Walters Eric Copy Share Image
“old proverb: When the great lord passes, the wise peasant bows deeply and silently farts.” — Marc Cameron Copy Share Image
“If you think the same as everybody else around you it is fair to say that you are not so much a… — Rick Page Copy Share Image
“Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Dogs may be a man's best friends, but the proverb says, "Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you… — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
“Let no one contradict my opinion by citing that trite proverb, claiming he who builds upon the people builds upon mud; for… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn,… — A.B. Shepherd Copy Share Image
“As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“That was a lesson everyone (every human?) learned before puberty, not to let reality seem diminished by fiction. As the proverb went,… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“What was it that led the Cynics to repudiate pleasure in any form, if it was not the fact that pain is,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Folk wisdom: quaint sayings of urban sophisticates compiled from the suburbs.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
“A good mother is worth a hundred teachers. —Italian proverb Thanksgiving” — Jane Healey Copy Share Image
The Chinese have an excellent proverb: "Be modest in speech, but excel in action. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” - Chinese proverb” — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
“It’s better to have a wife on your team than on your back. Amish Proverb” — Suzanne Woods Fisher Copy Share Image
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. —Italian proverb I” — Jane Healey Copy Share Image
“When a bird flies too high, it loses its song. -- Old Chinese Proverb” — Rebecca Yount Copy Share Image
“There's trouble in every house, and some in the street.--Irish Proverb” — Dorien Kelly Copy Share Image
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late? — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
