Proverbial Quotes

59 Proverbial quotes by 58 unique authors

Lendl has remained throughout as calm as the proverbial iceberg. — Dan Maskell
Good health, peace of mind, being outdoors, camaraderie - those are all wonderful things that come to you when running. But for me, the real… — Bill Rodgers
The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it. — Glenn Reynolds
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
He credited her with a number of virtues, of the existence of which her conduct and conversation had given but limited indications. -But, then, lovers… — Lucas Malet
(Scottish Terriers) have all the compactness of a small dog and all the valor of a big one. And they are so exceedingly sturdy that… — Dorothy Parker
Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course,… — Mahatma Gandhi
The proverbial notion of historical distance consists in our having lost ninety-five of every hundred original facts, so the remaining ones can be arranged however… — Robert Musil
Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearerâ€™s mind… — Desiderius Erasmus
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayingsâ€”they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly… — Norman Douglas
The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle's eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give… — Kwame Nkrumah
The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes her pleasures in… — Jerome K. Jerome
It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish between living and… — Max Born
The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon with suspicion -… — Henry Steele Commager
Wisdom is not book learning but, rather, a quality or state of knowing what is true or right coupled with the judgment to discern constructive… — Sue Thoele
I suspect we have internal senses. The mind's eye since Shakespeare's time has been proverbial; and we have also a mind's ear. To say nothing… — Augustus William Hare
History is often the tale of small momentsâ€”chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidenceâ€”that seem of little consequence at the time, but somehow fuse… — Scott Anderson
Travel is the realm of the impossible adventures, the quick fix, the ship passing in the night. Â It entitles you to meet interesting people, whom… — Lawrence Millman
There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks. — Neil Gaiman

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