We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is much matter decocted into a few words.
For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good.
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.
Many hands make light work. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs, thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The Turks have a proverb which says that the devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil.
That 'I cannot tell a lie' has almost become a proverb. It's something that turns the patriarch of our country into a mythical figure.
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
I had conversations with people in Russia, South America, Africa. In my profiles, I wrote that I was looking for a Proverbs 31 woman. (The Old Testament chapter) talks about the perfect mate being trustworthy, hardworking, dedicated, faithful, putting God first. And Hope was the only one to respond to the Proverbs 31 reference.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.
For your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down.
Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.
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.
We have been counseled to 'seek ... out of the best books words of wisdom.' It is pointed out in Proverbs, 'Wisdom is the principal thing therefore get wisdom.' (Proverbs 47.) But in getting wisdom and getting knowledge, above all we should 'get understanding.' It is important to learn a profession, learn a trade. That applies not only to the young men, but it applies to you young women as well. You girls should place yourselves in a position to be self-supporting and independent in the event that tragedy or an emergency comes, for emergencies have come and will continue to come.
Time and tide wait for no man. A pompous and self-satisfied proverb, and was true for a billion years but in our day of electric wires and water-ballast we turn it around Man waits not for time nor tide.
The proverb is something musty.
Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of businessgreat value in small compass, and equally current among all people. Sometimes the proverb may be false, the coin counterfeit, but in both cases the false proves the value of the true.
Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
Patch grief with proverbs.
You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard.
The literary community is very rich. The Haitian culture stands out as unique, especially the literature. The Creole language also lends a flavor all its own, even in English, and the African tradition gives the literature a lot of folk tales and proverbs.
King David and King Solomon Led merry, merry lives, With many, many lady friends And many, many wives But when old age crept over them, With many, many qualms, King Solomon wrote the Proverbs And King David wrote the Psalms.
Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.
DIE, n. The singular of 'dice.' We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, 'Never say die.'
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.
'Wal'r, my boy,' replied the Captain, in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words, 'May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him' When found, make a note of.'
'Necessity is the mother of invention' is a silly proverb. 'Necessity is the mother of futile dodges' is much nearer the truth.
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
Proverbs are the sanctuary of the intuitions.
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child' -- that speaks volumes about where the kids I grew up with are today.
All maxims have their antagonist maxims proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
There is a Spanish proverb, which says very justly, 'Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are'.
Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books, and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time
There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
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