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Quotations by Subject: Proverbs (87 quotes)

Results from Poor Man's College:

Live to live and you will learn to live: Portuguese Proverb
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.: Simms
The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him so, The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence, consisting of two or three words.: South
Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of business - great value in small compass, and equally current among all people. Sometimes the proverb may be false, the coin counterfeit, but in both cases the false proves the value of the true.: D. March
Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the sanctuary of its intuitions.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way. That was a true proverb of the wise man, rely upon it; "Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.": Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
May you have a lawsuit in which you know you are in the right: Gypsy Proverb
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.: Malayan Proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.: Chinese Proverb
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.: Chinese Proverb

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