Sayings Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

He had a penchant for idioms, sayings, proverbs and the like; some of which he invented or used in a way that was incomprehensible to me, — Javier Marias

[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience. — Zora Neale Hurston

No matter how big a hen's hut is, it must bow to enter — Ikechukwu Joseph

Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories - first carefully turning them inside out. — G.K. Chesterton

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth. — Mac Barnett

The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society. — Larry Herzberg

Indeed, it has to be said that the percentage of old human sayings and proverbs that are actually true is very far from 100 percent. Seems it may be less important that it be true than that it rhyme, or show alliteration or the like. What goes around comes around: really? What does this mean? — Kim Stanley Robinson

The work is plentiful but the labours are few. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you read proverbs, you will find answers to every puzzle. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more colorful commentary on the human condition. — Larry Herzberg

Is there any riches like redemption? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have. — Larry Herzberg

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. — E.A. Bucchianeri

Test all things. But hold fast to the good. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Clear skies do not promise rain. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The "sayings" of a community, its proverbs, are its characteristic comment upon life; they imply its history, suggest its attitude toward the world and its way of accepting life. Such an idiom makes the finest language any writer can have; and he can never get it with a notebook. He himself must be able to think and feel in that speech - it is a gift from heart to heart. — Willa Cather

It is the crow of the cock that announced the break of the day
Meaning: It is good to act in time ... ik — Ikechukwu Joseph

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast. — Jean De La Fontaine