Quotes About Proverb

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

An Italian proverb says: The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.

Never take eggs from a metal-eyed man.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

Fools and wise-folk are alike harmless. It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous.

I've always subscribed to an old Chinese proverb that the palest ink is better than the best memory.

An ancient proverb summed it up when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.

Never eat anything bigger than your ass - Johnny

Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)

The word for woman is Gy (pronounced hard, as in Guy); it forms itself into Gy-ei for the plural, but the G becomes soft in the plural like Jy-ei. They have a proverb to the effect that this difference in pronunciation is symbolical, for that the female sex is soft in the concrete, but hard to deal with in the individual.

Confucius say: "Baseball wrong — man with four balls cannot walk."

A proverb and a byword among all people.

Al que madruga Dios le ayuda [God helps those who get up early].

All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.

A swarm of bees in MayIs worth a load of hay;A swarm of bees in JuneIs worth a silver spoon;A swarm of bees in JulyIs not worth a fly.

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations.

Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies; and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage—a candidate for a wider sphere and longer flight than most are destined to attain.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck.

Early to bed Early to rise If you didn't pee first it'll be up to your eyes

Anonymous: Early Miscellaneous

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

We must always deal from strength and insist on verification of every agreement. In my meetings with the General Secretary I repeated several times a Russian proverb—"doveryai no proveryai"—"trust but verify."