Proverb Quotes

185 quotes by 144 authors

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp. — Plutarch
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material… — Ambrose Bierce
Believe! An old Latin proverb reads: "Believe that you have it and you have it." — Wilferd Peterson
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it. — Mark Twain
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the… — Peter Benenson
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb. — Jean de La Fontaine
There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is… — Richard J. Foster
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas). — Pliny the Elder
It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses. When… — James Richardson
There's an African proverb: 'When death finds you, may it find you alive.' Alive means living your own damned life, not the life that your… — Michael Meade
Faced with what seems like an impossible task, a group of folks will do well to remember the African proverb: When spider webs unite they… — Johnnetta B. Cole
Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
If our education had included training to bear unpleasantness and to let the first shock pass until we could think more calmly, many an unbearable… — Claire Weekes
Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb, "The dogs bark but the caravan passes on"? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your… — Margaret Mitchell
The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall. — Susan Sontag
Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation… — Napoleon Hill
There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide? — Brigitte Bardot
There is a proverb that says, â€˜Talk so that I may know who you are.â€™ But I say, â€˜Show me your eyes and I will… — Nawal El Saadawi
If we don't get lost, we'll never find a new route. — Joan Littlewood
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus â€” man is a wolf to manâ€”... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with… — Geoffrey Gorer

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