A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time,… — John Lydgate Copy Share Image
Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“We were, to quote the proverb, "The one dog who barks at nothing answered by a thousand dogs barking at something...” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“A Greek proverb says that a truth spoken before its time is dangerous. Ignore this thought; tell the truth everywhere and anytime!… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“A Chinese proverb: Outside of sky there is sky, outside of people there are people. It is the idea of infinity and… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“Stop hating yourself for the things you have not and start loving yourself for the things that you have.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
There is a proverb that says, ‘Talk so that I may know who you are.’ But I say, ‘Show me your eyes… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“When you fall into darkness do not spend all your energy and light rather than to remain in darkness,” — Kamaran Ihsan Salih Copy Share Image
“Never apologize for struggling with an enemy who attacks you,” she said, almost as if she was quoting a proverb. “That is… — B.V. Larson Copy Share Image
“The only way to tell a fable is to introduce a human. The only way to tell a proverb is to introduce… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to learn that… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
You know there's an old african proverb that i made up: "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
You know there's an old african proverb that i made up. if you want to go quickly, go alone. if you want… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Don’t Rely on Experts Doveryai, no proveryai (trust, but verify). —OLD RUSSIAN PROVERB,” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Wise is the one who flavors the future with some salt from the past. Becoming dust is no threat to the phoenix… — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
“Rome ne s’est pas faite en un jour. (Rome wasn’t built in a day.)” —ancient French proverb” — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
There's an old Celtic proverb that I follow: See much, study much, suffer much is the path to wisdom. — Greg Jackson Copy Share Image
Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
We do not wish success yet we obtain it. Always we find what we are not looking for. These words are too… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“If you can’t have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have. Amish Proverb” — Shelley Shepard Gray Copy Share Image
“Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A Japanese proverb says fall seven times, stand up eight. We can also say this: Hate zero times, love infinitely! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“He who has never hunted, never loved, never sought out the fragrance of a flower, and never quivered at the sound of… — Julia Drosten Copy Share Image
“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb” — Improve Life Books Copy Share Image
