Common Quote by Jean de La Fontaine

“For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to learn that its water…

— Irenaeus of Lyons

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

— Francois Rabelais

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

— Pliny the Elder

“May your troubles be as few and as far apart as my grandmother’s teeth. Irish proverb”

— Janice Thompson

“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”

— Idries Shah

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. —Italian proverb I”

— Jane Healey

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -Proverb

— Proverb

“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Who can walk in the shoes of the sacrifice of the Lamb,the Lord Jesus Christ?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Never build your house on someone else's land.

— Anonymous

“Pay attention to proverbs.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana