Best Old Proverb Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography

“There is also an old proverb, that they who pay much attention to the body generally neglect the soul.”

Soul Body Pay Attention Neglect Old Proverb

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly: it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, 'a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on'.”

Ifs World Want Wells Said Light Lying Truth Is Breaths Train Rounds Boots Pulling Feathers Well Said Old Proverb

Author:Bruce Springsteen

“All's well that ends well.”

Source: The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood: with an app. of variations

“The English will agree with me that there are plenty of good things for the table in America; but the old proverb says: 'God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.'”

America Food Devil Agree Tables Cooking Good Things Plenty Cooks Meat Culinary Old Proverb

Book:A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions

Source: A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions

“What's good for the goose is good for the gander.”

Wisdom Geese Irish Proverbs Old Proverb Gander

Author:John Ray

“I believe that patterns tend to repeat themselves and there are connections between the past and the present. There is the old proverb that reads, You cant know where youre going if you dont know where youve been. For me, history is like that. When you take history and combine it with myth, then you get mystery.”

Ifs Knows Believe Past I Believe Mystery Connections Patterns Myth Repeats Cant Old Proverb

Author:Ashwin Sanghi

“The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master.”

May Water Imagination Fire Masters Truth Is Equal Servant Old Proverb

Book:Romance and Reality

Source: Romance and Reality

“There's no fool like an old fool --- you can't beat experience.”

Fool Beats Playing The Fool Old Proverb

Author:Jacob Braude

“Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs!”

Ideas Speak Produce Old Proverb

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“There is an age-old proverb that really does hold true in every area of life - in relations between nations and right down to the most subtle and sophisticated or must unstable and unsophisticated relations between lovers - and it is this: they took "kindness" for "weakness."”

Doe Age Nations Kindness Lovers Weakness Areas Relation Subtle Sophisticated Unstable Old Proverb Kindness For Weakness

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“There's an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates and the truth of the matter is the weak and feckless policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East and all the while, all we do is fold our arms and say we're not having talks anymore.”

Years Firsts Matter Moving Dies Middle Policy Arms Bears Years Ago Weak Clinton East Russia Barack Middle East Aggression Folds Awakened Georgia Crimea Feckless Old Proverb

Author:Mike Pence

“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.”

Water Horse Pencils Adages Marine Corps Proverbs Wisdom Equine Glass Houses Horticulture Wise Proverbs Old Proverb Teach A Man To Fish Great Horse Sharp Pencils Have Your Cake And Eat It Too

Author:Stan Laurel

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

“All is well that ends well”

Source: The Key to Rondo

“Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.”

May Said Speak Prophecy Corpses Gunslinger Old Proverb Deschain

Book:The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

Source: The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

“Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.”

Said Ends Country Night Hours Boys Luck Dawn Remembered Tested Beginners Alchemist Book Darkest Hour Old Proverb Victor's

Book:The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

“There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. Control rather than no noise is the key to silence. James saw clearly that the person who could control his tounge is perfect (James 3:1-12). Under the Discipline of silence and solitude we learn when to speak and when to refrain from speaking.”

Persons Eye Able Purpose Speak Perfect Silence Saws Effects Keys Discipline Solitude Mouths Noise Refrain Old Proverb

Book:Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline

Source: Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline

“There is no fool like an old fool.”

Fool Playing The Fool Old Proverb

Book:If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)

Source: If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)

“As the old proverb says: "Well-fed horses don't rampage.”

Wells Horse Feds Old Proverb Rampage

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“But now I see well the old proverb is true: That parish priest forgetteth that ever he was a clerk!”

Wells Forget Priests Clerks Parish Old Proverb Parish Priest

Book:Two Tudor

Source: Two Tudor

“You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.”

Thinking Water Horse Adages Bureaucrats Proverbs Wisdom Equine Wise Proverbs Old Proverb Have Your Cake And Eat It Too

Author:Ric Keller