« All Proverb Quotes · Ambrose Bierce's Page
Proverb Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- 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…
- A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old…
More Proverb Quotes
- Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late? — Lewis Carroll
- 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
- For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying. — Aeschylus
- The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was… — Mark Twain
- Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame. — Euripides
- 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