Quotes about Proverb

The good book says that he that lives by the sword shall perish by the sword, said

As the Spanish proverb says, 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'?

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced—even a Proverb is no proverb to you till your Life has illustrated it.

A jest breaks no bones.

Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I

Now let us see what the philosophers say. Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools _always_ speak the truth. The deduction is plain --adults and wise persons _never_ speak it.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Sweat cleaned you as effectively as water. But this was the race which had invented the proverb that cleanliness was next to godliness - cleanliness, not purity.

When I was a boy, the priest, my uncle, carefully inculcated upon me this proverb, which I then learned and have ever since kept in my mind: 'Dico tibi verum, Libertas optima rerum; Nunquam servili, sub nexu vivito, fili.' 'I tell you a truth: Liberty is the best of things, my son; never live under any slavish bond.'

A proverb and a byword among all people.

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.