Quotes About Proverb

Haley remembered another bit of Irish wisdom, something her dad said all the time: "Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot!" She

I'm writing you this letter from the edge of the world. According to a Siberian proverb, the forest was made by the devil. The devil did a good job; his forest is as big as the United States of America. But maybe the devil made the United States too.

Olivia made Mrs. Fletcher nervous. That was difficult to process. I'd recently come across a proverb about not speaking unless you'd thought of something better than silence. So I kept typing.

Every man experiences what you call love for every pretty woman and least of all for his wife. That is what the proverb says, and it is a true one. "Another's wife is a swan, but one's own is bitter wormwood.

You live in better style than we do, but though you often earn more than you need, you are very likely to lose all you have. You know the proverb, 'Loss and gain are brothers twain.' It often happens that people who are wealthy one day are begging their bread the next.

maggot gnaws the cabbage, but it dies before it's done; so the old folks used to say," he added

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Shisha ke maida shod, tiztar misha,' runs a Haz?ra proverb: broken glass becomes sharper.

La espada gasta la vaina, dice el proverbio. He aquí mi historia. He vivido de mis pasiones y mis pasiones me han matado.

The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer. —Egyptian proverb, c. 2200 BCE

Nine stitches?" S.Q. said. "No, Martina, I'm certain it's just one stitch." "No, a stitch in time saves nine," Martina scoffed. "Exactly," S.Q. replied.

There is a proverb in Ireland,' said Stephen, 'to the effect that there is good to be found even in an Englishman – is minic Gall maith. It is not often used, however.

variety of other wise saws sprang to Stephen's indignant mind – words and feathers are carried off by the wind; as is the wedding, so is the cake; do not speak Arabic in the house of the Moor; pleasures pass but sorrows stay; love, grief and money cannot be concealed

you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.

Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested. The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.

The beginning is half of every action. —Greek proverb

It's like Mark Twain said, everybody complains about the weather, but no one ever does a damn thing about it.

I've always liked, someday the lamb will lay by the lion.... but it won't get much sleep.

Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

An aphorism can contain only as much wisdom as overstatement will permit.

Shake an aphorism, he said, and in most cases a lie falls out, leaving only a banality.)

A man is little use when his wife's a widow. - Scottish Proverb

A man is little use when his wife's a widow. Scottish proverb

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.