Famous Proverbs
"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages may be preserved by quotation"
Famous proverbs have been used in all cultures throuhout history. The one above was uttered by Benjamin Disraeli. Short, to the point and full of meaning , they can sink into our mind and pop up at just the right moment. Since this website is aimed at making your business more profitable and your life more enjoyable, proverbs are a great way to get free counsel from some of the greatest minds of history.A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party,
a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors
- Henry Ward Beecher The same can be said of short famous proverbs. Kind of like a book shortened to a tweet on twitter. A few words with a big impact. A classic quote on readers can easily be applied to those of us that appreciate a meaty proverb. Which one are you?
Readers may be divided into four classes:
1. Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2. Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3. Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4. Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge Here are a couple dozen famous proverbs for you to chew on...
Famous Proverbs A danger foreseen is half avoided
- American Proverb
Eggs cannot be unscrambled.
- American Proverb
Where there's a will there's a way
- American Proverb
A bad workman blames his tools.
- English Proverb
A teacher is better than two books.
- German Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
- American Proverb
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
- Chinese Proverb
He that marries for money will earn it.
- American Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- American Proverb
Success and rest don't sleep together.
- Russian Proverb
Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.
- Danish Proverb
To the jaundiced eye all things look yellow
- American Proverb
There is no bad patience.
- African Proverb
A helping hand is no farther than at the end of your sleeve
- American Proverb
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who make it a friend shall eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 18:21
A man is known by the company he keeps.
- English Proverb
Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
- French Proverb
The door turns on it's hinges, the sluggard, on his bed!
- Proverbs 26:14
A picture paints a thousand words
- American Proverb
Discretion is the better part of valor
- American Proverb
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
- Mexican Proverb
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
- English Proverb
A closed mouth catches no flies.
- Italian Proverb
With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too.
- Jewish Proverb
"Never confuse motion with action”
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