Half Quote by William Mathews Download Open image “Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.” — William Mathews ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Half Half truth Pairs Should
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth — William Mathews Copy Share Image
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Truth is always the sum of two half truths and one never catches them at the same time! — Harold J Duarte-Bernhardt Copy Share Image
If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment! — Jen Lilley Copy Share Image
Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
No man ever sailed over exactly the same route that another sailed over before him; every man who starts on the ocean of life… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth — William Mathews Copy Share Image
As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men. — William Mathews Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
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For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
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