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- A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. — Miguel de Cervantes
- I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal… — Miguel de Cervantes
- I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong,… — Miguel de Cervantes
- There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
- There is an old African proverb that says if you want to go quickly, go alone, if you want to go far,… — Al Gore
- When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do… — Pope Francis
- Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover… — Unknown Author