Experience Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

— Miguel de Cervantes

[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.

— Zora Neale Hurston

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of…

— Miguel de Cervantes

The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.

— John Hay

“Pay attention to proverbs.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.

— Moses ibn Ezra

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

— John Morley

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

— Joseph Joubert

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

— Charles Buxton

“Proverbs is not a reference book to pull off the shelf when you are stumped by life’s difficulties. It is not a set of…

— Anthony Selvaggio

Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan