“ancient Sanskrit proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Spoon goes to bowl's house; bowl never goes to spoon's house. --Haitian proverb” — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Barking dogs seldom bite, but beware of those dogs that know this proverb. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“You need to take care of the root in order to heal the tree. - Gullah Proverb” — Patti Callahan Henry Copy Share Image
A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Chinese proverb: When two tigers fight, one is injured beyond repair—and the other one is dead. During” — Marc Cameron Copy Share Image
“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things… — Rachel Jonat 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
“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
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
“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
“Yet as the proverb says, 'In vino veritas,' whether with boys, or without them (In allusion to two proverbs.); and therefore I… — Plato Copy Share Image
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
“There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil: it is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, jealousy, resentment, lies.… — Angela Stevens Copy Share Image
“Casement quoted an African proverb: "A man doesn't go among thorns unless a snake's after him—or he's after a snake." He added,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they… — Marva Collins 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
Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
The Chinese have an excellent proverb: "Be modest in speech, but excel in action. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“He who lives without discipline dies without honor.” Icelandic Proverb” — Lance Hightower Copy Share Image
“Well dressed to-day; only a langouti tomorrow. --Mauritius proverb” — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Two fellows on a ship will not make it safely to shore unless they agree. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
