#proverb

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair. ↗

— D. Byron Patterson

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Short cuts make long delays. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. charm is deceptive, beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised ↗

— Anonymous

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You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”. ↗

— John Lydgate

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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage) ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next ↗

— Gautama Buddha

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Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late? ↗

— Lewis Carroll

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