Quotes about Proverb

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

We must always deal from strength and insist on verification of every agreement. In my meetings with the General Secretary I repeated several times a Russian proverb—"doveryai no proveryai"—"trust but verify."

It was in olden times truly observed by Cato, that there is great concern about the appearance of the body but great carelessness about virtue. There is also an old proverb, that they who pay much attention to the body generally neglect the soul.

The ancient proverb says, "Satiety   produces disgust

moss; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; A cripple in the right way, will beat a racer in the wrong; Make hay while the sun shines; 'T is hard to carry

It is a proverb that "courtesy costs nothing"; but calculation might come to value love for its profit. Love is fabled to be blind, but kindness is necessary to perception; love is not a hood, but an eye-water.

The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.