proverbs

1.

It is not enough to aim; you must hit.

- Italian Proverb

2.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

- William Feather

3.

Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most nourishing are richly stored with it, and that is the main object to seek in reading books.

- Morely, John

4.

A smiling face is half the meal.

- Latvian Proverb

5.

He who gathers money little by little makes it grow. [Proverbs 13:11]

- Bible

6.

Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.

- Baker, Nicholson

7.

Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been lent to you.

- Belgian Proverb

8.

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

- Huxley, Aldous

9.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

- Jewish Proverb

10.

Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4]

- Bible

11.

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

12.

I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the average human mind and spirit are confusing beyond measure. Sometimes I think that all our learning is the little learning of the maxim. To laugh at a Roman awe-stricken in a sacred grove is to laugh at something today.

- Stevens, Wallace

13.

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.

- Spanish Proverb

14.

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.

- Spanish Proverb

15.

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them.

- Sontag, Susan

16.

Only by pride comes contention; but, with the well-advised is wisdom. [Proverbs 13:10]

- Bible

17.

When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.

- Czech Proverb

18.

A friend loveth at all times. [Proverbs 17:17]

- Bible

19.

Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.

- Bulgarian Proverb

20.

Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.

- Wall Street Proverb