Quotes About Proverbs

Los pergaminos Normas y Proverbios Los malvados de corazón probablemente sabrán algo

He is thinking of a ring, engraved with proverbs in praise of obedience. Obedience binds us together; all practise it, under God. It is the condition of our living as humans, in cities and dwelling houses, not in hides and holes in the fields. Even beasts defer to the lion: beasts show wisdom and policy thereby.

If wishes were horses , my mortal father used to say, beggars would ride .

Alone was not something you saw among tribes she'd studied. From an early age children were warned against it. Alone was how your soul got stolen by spirits, or your body kidnapped by enemies. Alone was when your thinking turned to evil. The culture often had proverbs against it. Not even a possum walks alone was the Tam's most repeated one.

Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs.

So always avoid banality. That is, avoid illustrating the author's words and remarks. If you want to create a true masterpiece you must always avoid beautiful lies: the truths on the calender under each date you find a proverb or saying such as: He who is good to others will be happy. But this is not true. It is a lie. The spectator, perhaps, is content. The spectator likes easy truths. But we are not there to please or pander to the spectator. We are here to tell the truth.

Proverbs 31:30 that counsels, "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

It's unarguable to say that every one of us has been moved by the beauty of what I have called snapshots, but for photographers they are charms and proverbs, and like lightening or wild strawberries.

Los refranes son siempre ambivalentes, a una sentencia le corresponde su opuesta, en eso consiste la sabiduría popular, en no equivocarse nunca y lo mismo a quien madruga Dios le ayuda que no por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano.

A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.

All is not gold that glitters,'" he began, his eyes flaming. "That's not it," said Mistigris. "'All is not old that titters.' You'll never get on in diplomacy if you don't know your proverbs better than that.

There's no more foolish proverb than the one which says that dead men tell no tales. To help dead men to find their tongues is one of the chief uses of the Law.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5,6

Saying of the Prophet The Tongue A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

People carry on whole conversations in proverbs. But they are not LIVING the proverbs.

Es por esta razón que los proverbios y truismos son peligrosos: porque producen ceguera o no-pensamiento.

La gente mantiene conversaciones enteras basadas en proverbios. Pero no están VIVIENDO los proverbios.

Perhaps the preacher is hoping to acquire from her reading what I call "middle wisdom." Let's say that middle wisdom consists of insights into life that are more profound than commonplaces, but less so than great proverbs.

I didn't realize you'd read much of the Bible." "Proverbs always made a lot of sense to me

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. Proverbs 16:16

The worst thing about proverbs and quotations is that the fools make no use of them.

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to him" (Proverbs 15:26).

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.

Oswald Chambers once said that the Psalms teach you how to pray; Job teaches you how to suffer; the Song of Solomon teaches you how to love; Proverbs teaches you how to live; and Ecclesiastes teaches you how to enjoy.