Proverb Quotes

185 quotes by 144 authors

Like flowers scattered in a storm, a man's life is a long farewell. — Haruki Murakami
Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country.… — Paulo Coelho
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in… — Idries Shah
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced â€“ even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it — John Keats
Never a failure,always a lesson — Rihanna
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.â€ - Chinese proverb — Alvin Toffler
Time and tide wait for no man. A pompous and self-satisfied proverb, and was true for a billion years; but in our day of electric… — Mark Twain
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. — Lou Holtz
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. — Laozi
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
A proverb is good sense brought to a point. — John Morley
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand. — John Gay
Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb. — Russian Proverb
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced; even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it — John Keats
The hottest love has the coldest end. — Socrates
So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right — Chinese Proverbs
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not;… — Calvin Coolidge
God gave burdens, also shoulders — Yiddish Proverb
Talk doesn't cook rice. — Chinese Proverbs
The happiness of many marriages is founded on the old proverb: Suspicion doesn't amount to conviction. — Max Pallenberg

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