Proverbs Quotes

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Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom. — Joseph Joubert
He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs — Solomon
He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls. — Charles Grandison Finney
God speaks once, yea twice, yet Man perceiveth it not, in a Dream, in a Vision of the night, when deep Sleep falleth upon men,… — John Bunyan
I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who… — Ray Comfort
These symbolize (Proverbs 30:14) the greedy and usurers whose teeth are swords and knifes which they use to devour the poor and steal their megger… — Anthony of Padua
We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in Proverbs, "Wisdom is… — Henry D. Taylor
The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is… — Charles Spurgeon
I quit being a VS model to be a Proverbs 31 wife. — Kylie Bisutti
If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you… — David Foster Wallace
Proverbs, and the wisdom literature in general, counter the idea that being spiritual means handing all decisions over to the leading of the Lord. The… — Graeme Goldsworthy
Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemistsâ€™ shops, and which often save… — Richard Whately
It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the… — Desiderius Erasmus
Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers... — Isaac D'Israeli
Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has… — George Santayana
The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the… — William Rounseville Alger
I would fain coin wisdom,â€”mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I could denounce and… — Joseph Joubert

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