The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
Most of us have collections of sayings we live by.... Whenever words fly up at me from the printed page as I read, I intercept them instantly, knowing they are for me. I turn them over carefully in my mind and cling to them hard.
His sayings are generally like women's letters all the pith is in the postcript.
Cheer'd up himself with ends of verse And sayings of philosophers.
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.
There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1) sex sells; 2) if it bleeds it leads.
A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them. . .
Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.
Many are called but few are chosen. There are sayings of Christ which suggest that the Church he came to establish will always be a minority affair.
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
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