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. ↗
#experience #long #long experience #proverbs #sentences
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