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Proverbs are potted wisdom. -- Charles Buxton
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. -- Miguel de Cervantes
Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs. -- Linda Dillow
[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience. -- Zora Neale Hurston
Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom. -- Joseph Joubert
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I quit being a VS model to be a Proverbs 31 wife. -- Kylie Bisutti
Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation. -- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Proverbs embody the current and practical philosophy of an age or nation. -- William Fleming
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. -- William R. Alger
Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. -- James Howell
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. -- William Rounseville Alger
If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over. -- Pedro Martinez
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. -- Aldous Huxley
Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth. -- William Mathews
He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs -- Solomon
Proverbs are, for the most part, rules of morals, and as such are often effective. -- James Sharp
Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms. -- Richard Steele
Proverbs are for the most part rules of moral, or, still more properly, of prudential conduct. -- Dorothea Brande
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 1:7 NLT -- Eddie Johnson
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline." Proverbs 1:7 NLT -- Eddie Johnson
Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. -- Bible KJV
He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls. -- Charles Grandison Finney
The Proverbs 31 woman is not the model of a perfect woman. She is the model of a committed woman under God. -- Tony Evans
Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos. -- George Eliot
Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity. -- Edward Abbey
Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help. -- Lucy Maud Montgomery
Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality. -- Benjamin Disraeli
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman who fears the Lord,She shall be praised.(Proverbs 31:30 Modern King James Version) -- Anonymous
The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live. -- Beth Moore
I'm raw power & energy. And my wife is like the only scientist who can harness and direct it properly. I always thank Jah for her. (Proverbs 31:10) -- Sotero M Lopez II
A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say. -- Andrew Hudgins
Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life. -- St. Jerome
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
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
I continue to do something I've done since I was 18, and that is read a chapter of Proverbs every day as part of my daily devotion. I still maintain that. -- Mike Huckabee
The woman described in Proverbs 31 is not some ideal that exists out there; she is present in each one of us when we do even the smallest things with valor -- Rachel Held Evans
Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists' shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription. -- Richard Whately
I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27). -- Ray Comfort
The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins. -- Charles Spurgeon
The strength of Ray Ortlund's study of Proverbs is its Christ-centeredness. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is given its ultimate fulfillment as an expression of the wisdom of Christ. -- Graeme Goldsworthy
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man. -- Billy Graham
It was huge to read the Proverbs of the day every morning, it was huge to read the Psalm of the day every morning and to get that in us and get us going before the day even started. -- Tim Tebow
whatever... you pretend... if any of you be a prayerless person, or a scoffer, or a lover of evil company (Proverbs 13:20), in a word, if you are not a holy, strict, and self-denying Christian, you cannot be saved." (Hebrews 12:14; Matthew 15:14). -- Joseph Alleine
Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions. Jesus repeatedly emphasized the power of good thoughts and proper motives: 'Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not' In Proverbs we read, 'For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not allow the realist to say in his own words, it will suffer him to say in proverbs without contradiction. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. -- Leo Rosten
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better. -- Samuel Adams
Whatever we focus our attention on is what will dominate our thoughts (Proverbs 23:7). If our thoughts are dominated by the things of this world then we are going to get worldly results in our lives. We need to focus on God to get godly results. -- Andrew Wommack
A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger." -- Gary Smalley
My favorite book in the Bible is always Proverbs because it's where you can find wisdom for no matter what you're going through. It hits me every time I read it. I've always read Proverbs regularly because it helps me deal with what's happening every day in real life. -- Torii Hunter
He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor (Proverbs 22:9). -- Proverbs 22 9
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Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated. -- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. -- Francis Bacon
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. -- William Temple
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. -- J. Paul Getty
All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.' -- S. Ansky
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations. -- William Feather
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into a few words. -- Gretchen Rubin
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs. -- Cleveland Abbe
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
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them. -- Samuel Palmer
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs. -- Mason Cooley
Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
God loves and delights to cross worldly proverbs and worldly craft. -- Joseph Caryl
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another. -- Jules Verne
One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8". -- Georges St-Pierre
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. -- William Penn
Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom. -- W. Somerset Maugham
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22 -- Deborah Smith
He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories. -- John Hay
Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time. -- Francis Bacon
For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May. -- Ovid
The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due. -- William Shakespeare
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. -- Chinua Achebe
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
Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it... -- George Santayana
It's unarguable to say that every one of us has been moved by the beauty of what I have called snapshots, but for photographers they are charms and proverbs, and like lightening or wild strawberries... -- Tod Papageorge

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