#proverb

Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face. ↗

— Lisa Shearin

#ignorance #proverb #death

If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#influence #influences #observations #proverb #proverbial-wisdom

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#proverb #humor

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#proverb #inspirational

This too shall pass... ↗

— Anonymous

#proverbs #bible

Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion. ↗

— Anonymous

#knowledge #proverbs #scripture #wisdom #scripture

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

— Gautama Buddha

#proverb #buddhism

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#even #four #hate #i #kinds

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

— J. Paul Getty

#books #chief #esteem #like #passed

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. ↗

— James Howell

#common #common people #improperly #may #people