#verbs

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

Booze makes brothers like no mothers ever do. ↗

— Killian McRae

#love

We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love. ↗

— Daniel Handler

#love

This too shall pass... ↗

— Anonymous

#proverbs #bible

Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion. ↗

— Anonymous

#knowledge #proverbs #scripture #wisdom #scripture

Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the people who are good at math make the world free of illness. The rest of us will write you epic poems and staple them together into a booklet. ↗

— Daniel Handler

#daniel-handler #math

Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#languages #metaphysical #most #nouns #verbs

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

#books #chief #esteem #like #passed

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man. ↗

— Billy Graham

#chapter #day #every #every day #fellow

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. ↗

— James Howell

#common #common people #improperly #may #people