Proverb Quotes

185 quotes by 151 authors

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time. — George Gissing
Good advice is like a proverb: the meaning depends on the interpretation. — Rebecca L. Walkowitz
I've always subscribed to an old Chinese proverb that the palest ink is better than the best memory. — Vincent Bugliosi
But though such is our character (Oh. why should I speak of things unfit to be uttered?), the things said of us are an example… — Athenagoras of Athens
In all the languages in the world, there is the same proverb: "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over." Well, I say… — Paulo Coelho
Who am I? If this once I were to rely on a proverb, then perhaps everything would amount to knowing whom I 'haunt.' — Andre Breton
An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom, that There are… — George Augustus Henry Sala
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent." — Heraclitus
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is… — Alfred North Whitehead
As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked -- referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omlette without breaking… — Margaret Thatcher
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The… — Charles Caleb Colton
A life without friends means death without company. (Adiskidegabeko bizita, auzogabeko heriotza.) â€”BASQUE PROVERB — Craig Johnson
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you… — Bill Bradley
There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me — Elizabeth I
I do not know what 'moss' stands for in the proverb , but if it stood for useful knowledge... I gathered more moss by rolling… — Ernest Shackleton
I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success… — Robert Baden-Powell
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom. — Bertrand Russell
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words. — R. Buckminster Fuller
I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind… — Humpy Koneru

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