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“The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.”
William Penn
“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“One beggar at the door is enough. French Proverb”
French Proverb
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)”
Bible
“When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb”
African Proverb
“Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.”
John Bunyan
“He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding (Proverbs 15:32).”
“An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.”
Terry Pratchett
“Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.”
Leo Rosten
“The best things in life are free.”
American Proverb
