Quotes About Proverbs

The word used for Lord in Proverbs 3:5–6 is a covenant name meaning "a God we know and who knows us." We can trust people only if we know them. The same goes for God.

One Swallow maketh not Summer; nor one Woodcock a Winter.

Nenorocirile vin cu gramada, in timp ce norocul calatoreste intotdeauna signur, spuneau oamenii in vechime.

A man's life is often builded on a proverb.

The old man… used to say that a nap "after dinner was silver—before dinner, golden."

I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men. Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.

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

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands

"Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise; Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer."

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

In this loose structure law was weak, unpopular, and diverse. The people preferred to be ruled by custom, and to settle their disputes by face-saving compromises out of court. They expressed their view of litigation by such pithy proverbs as "Sue a flea and catch a bite," or "Win your lawsuit, lose your money.

As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels looked like torment and insanity, I collected some proverbs

Good sayings are like pearls strung together.

I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

She [the wife of godly character] brings him [her husband] good, not harm, all the days of her life (Proverbs 31:12). Wait a minute! My mind raced. All the days of her life? What was that supposed to mean? I had yet to meet any woman who had been married all the days of her life. Did this verse mean that she tried to do her husband good…even before she met him?

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.

I'm an old, superstitious Arab, and I believe in our proverbs. There's one that says, 'Everything that happens once can never happen again. But anything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Own the error and correct it," he said. Hamood had a thousand proverbs and maxims. His favorite was Keep the money in your hand, never in your heart. He used that one a lot.

Prov 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction

The French have a saying – is it the French? I don't know, I believe so – there is a saying that you do not put a boiling kettle upon the fire. You put cold water in the kettle and allow it to warm. So with marriage.