Proverbs Quotes / Quotations

Lord Acton, quotes about Proverbs:
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is the highest political end.more Lord Acton quotes
Douglas Adams, quotes about Proverbs:
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.more Douglas Adams quotes
Franklin P. Adams, quotes about Proverbs:
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.more Franklin P. Adams quotes
Henry Brooks Adams, quotes about Proverbs:
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.more Henry Brooks Adams quotes
John Quincy Adams, quotes about Proverbs:
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.more John Quincy Adams quotes
Aeschylus, quotes about Proverbs:
Time as he grows old teaches all things.more Aeschylus quotes
Aeschylus, quotes about Proverbs:
Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.more Aeschylus quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Slow and steady wins the race.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
The gods help them that help themselves.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Union gives strength.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Familiarity breeds contempt.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
Appearances often are deceiving.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.more Aesop quotes
Aesop, quotes about Proverbs:
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.more Aesop quotes
Publius Terentius Afer, quotes about Proverbs:
In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.more Publius Terentius Afer quotes
Publius Terentius Afer, quotes about Proverbs:
Moderation in all things.more Publius Terentius Afer quotes
Publius Terentius Afer, quotes about Proverbs:
Fortune helps the brave.more Publius Terentius Afer quotes
African Proverb, quotes about Proverbs:
Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.more African Proverb quotes
African Proverb, quotes about Proverbs:
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.more African Proverb quotes
Herbert Sebastien Agar, quotes about Proverbs:
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.more Herbert Sebastien Agar quotes
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, quotes about Proverbs:
The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.more Thomas Bailey Aldrich quotes
Mohammed Ali, quotes about Proverbs:
The man who views the world at 50 the same way he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.more Mohammed Ali quotes
Dante Alighieri, quotes about Proverbs:
Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.more Dante Alighieri quotes
Woody Allen, quotes about Proverbs:
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.more Woody Allen quotes
Angolan Proverb, quotes about Proverbs:
The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.more Angolan Proverb quotes
Saint Thomas Aquinas, quotes about Proverbs:
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.more Saint Thomas Aquinas quotes
Aristotle, quotes about Proverbs:
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.more Aristotle quotes
Aristotle, quotes about Proverbs:
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.more Aristotle quotes
Matthew Arnold, quotes about Proverbs:
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.more Matthew Arnold quotes
Isaac Asimov, quotes about Proverbs:
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.more Isaac Asimov quotes
Richard Bach, quotes about Proverbs:
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.more Richard Bach quotes
Richard Bach, quotes about Proverbs:
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.more Richard Bach quotes
Sir Francis Bacon, quotes about Proverbs:
Knowledge is power.