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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do. ↗

— Soichiro Honda

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The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. ↗

— William R. Alger

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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. ↗

— William Temple

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My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set. ↗

— Rudolph A. Marcus

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Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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