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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

- Irish Proverb

Best Quotes about Proverbs

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

Bacon, Francis

He who would leap high must take a long run.

Danish Proverb

A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.

Keats, John

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Spanish Proverb

When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.

Albanian Proverb

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.

Swedish Proverb

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Alger, William R.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

Morley, John

First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.

Greek Proverb

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One kind word can warm three winter months.

Japanese proverb

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Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.

Japanese Proverb

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A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

Russell, John

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It is not enough to aim; you must hit.

Italian Proverb

14.

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

Chinese Proverb

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

Spanish Proverb

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

Czech Proverb

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It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.

Latin Proverb

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A full cup must be carried steadily.

English Proverb

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Praise youth and it will prosper.

Irish Proverb

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Examine what is said, not him who speaks.

Arab Proverb

21.

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

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Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.

Japanese Proverb

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Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.

Kurdish Proverb

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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

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A proverb is the child of experience.

Proverb, English

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The big thieves hang the little ones.

Czech Proverb

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

Spanish Proverb

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Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.

Jewish Proverb

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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

Chinese Proverb

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If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.

Italian Proverb

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Complain to one who can help you.

Yugoslav Proverb

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

Chinese Proverb

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If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.

African Proverb

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There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Who begins too much accomplishes little.

German Proverb

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What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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

Chinese Proverb

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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.

Jewish Proverb

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Don't fall before you're pushed.

English Proverb

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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Dutch Proverb

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

Sontag, Susan

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If you bow at all, bow low.

Chinese Proverb

44.

The best armor is to keep out of range.

Italian Proverb

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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.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Belgian Proverb

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What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.

Jewish Proverb

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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

Chinese Proverb

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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Irish Proverb

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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese Proverb

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