Absolute truth Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To…

— John Florio

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— John Hay

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

— Aldous Huxley

“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

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

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

— Joseph Joubert

“Pay attention to proverbs.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The goal of Proverbs is to grow ever closer to the God who is Wisdom. Knowing God is the proper definition of the good…

— Anthony Selvaggio

The strength of Ray Ortlund's study of Proverbs is its Christ-centeredness. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is…

— Graeme Goldsworthy

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

— Anonymous