#proverb

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #proverb




Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.


Benjamin Franklin


#proverb #inspirational

An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems.


Tahir Shah


#afghanistan #folklore #proverbs #saying #sufis

The second mouse gets the cheese!" - The Inimitable Terry Pratchett


Terry Pratchett


#mouse #proverb #retort #education

Booze makes brothers like no mothers ever do.


Killian McRae


#love

Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)


Elizabeth Gilbert


#marriage

Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?


Lewis Carroll


#form #late #never #prefer #proverb

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.


Miguel de Cervantes


#drawn #experience #i #i believe #many

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.


Aldous Huxley


#experienced #personally #platitudes #proverbs #them

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.


Francis Bacon


#genius #nation #proverbs #spirit #their

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.


Miguel de Cervantes


#experience #long #long experience #proverbs #sentences