Quotes with proverbs

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  • William Mathews All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.
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  • William Blake As I was walking among the fires of Hell,
    delighted with the enjoyments of Genius;
    which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
    I collected some of their Proverbs.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Sir William Temple Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Thomas Hardy Don't you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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  • John Florio For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good.
    John Florio
    Italian-English linguist and translator (also called Giovanni Florio) (1553 - 1625)
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  • John Bunyan 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
    British writer (1628 - 1688)
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  • William Shakespeare Patch grief with proverbs.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Aldous Huxley Proverbs are alsvys platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Aldous Huxley Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • William R. Alger Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
    William R. Alger
    American writer (1822 - 1905)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Francis Bacon The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Isaac D'Israeli The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
    Isaac D'Israeli
    British scholar and writer (1766 - 1848)
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