Proverbial Quotes

59 Proverbial quotes by 58 unique authors

(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 hearer’s mind… — Desiderius Erasmus
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—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 moments—chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidence—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. 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
The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one who… — Tim Wise
My relationship with my father had been on the proverbial fritz since the time I was fifteen and called the police to report him for… — Chelsea Handler
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast. — Jim Butcher
We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the… — George Washington Carver
Life's not easy for anyone. Everyone has scars they're afraid to show and we all get slammed headfirst into a proverbial locker from time to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We can't possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that the name's become proverbial. Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Plainly it isn't an exact science, despite it being a complex interaction of micro-decisions and corresponding thought; perhaps it doesn't always work and we pass… — Simon Pegg
Augustus, perhaps you’d like to share your fears with the group.” “My fears?” “Yes.” “I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause. “I fear… — John Green
He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop. — Laurell K. Hamilton
I fear oblivion. I fear it like the proverbial blind man who's afraid of the dark. — John Green

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