Proverb Quotes

185 quotes by 144 authors

The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The… — Joseph Addison
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
America is not fighting to win a war. We are fighting to give an application to an old Greek proverb, which is that the purpose… — Arthur Goldberg
Listen to the Water-Mill: Through the live-long day How the clicking of its wheel Wears the hours away! Languidly the Autumn wind Stirs the forest… — Sarah Doudney
There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art. — David Hockney
Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or bites some substance… — Erasmus Darwin
There's an old Celtic proverb that I follow: See much, study much, suffer much is the path to wisdom. — Greg Jackson
The world's proverb is, "God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves;" but to our mind, it is just the rich who have… — Charles Spurgeon
It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. — John Dryden
Behind every cloud is another cloud. — Judy Garland
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. — Confucius
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;… — Calvin Coolidge
There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in… — Soichiro Honda
The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. — Thomas Szasz
There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emtional, and a spiritual .… — Rumer Godden
An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind. — Khalil Gibran
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears… — Libba Bray
I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if… — Agatha Christie
How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal… — Tracy Kidder
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow — Rainer Maria Rilke

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