Proverbs

Wisdom for the practice of life has among all nations taken a figurative shape, passing from myth or fable into the contracted sayings we term proverbs and arriving in the Greek schools of philosophy at ethical systems. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Whose charms were told in proverbs, those beauties à-la-mode? ❋ Unknown (2006)

You encourage me very much and the lips of the rightous feed many {in proverbs} which is a description of your writings. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bedawee tents; one to whom the East is as a second mother, and in whose faith the Koran is necessary to really put the finishing touch to a true gentleman, sends us the following eccentric proverbs from the Arabic. ❋ Various (N/A)

No modern proverbs, if we expressed ourselves in proverbs now, would speak with such sweeping, unbroken contumely of the women of to-day as did those unerring exhibitors of popular feeling in former times. ❋ Unknown (1898)

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs -- Here is given an extract from an Amorite song exultingly anticipating an extension of their conquests to Arnon. ❋ Unknown (1871)

I spoken unto you in proverbs, in such a way as you have thought not so plain and intelligible as you could have wished, but the time cometh when I shall show you plainly, as plainly as you can desire, of the ❋ Unknown (1721)

Considering their dulness, and unaptness to receive what he said to them, he might be said to speak in proverbs; what he said to them was as a book sealed, ❋ Unknown (1721)

Of this he had hitherto spoken to them in proverbs, which are wise and instructive sayings, but figurative, and resting in generals. ❋ Unknown (1721)

They copied out these proverbs from the records of ❋ Unknown (1721)

This Wisdom literature started from the 'proverbs' -- simple thoughts conveyed in a couplet or triplet of verse, which were collected together by King Solomon and other of the wise men of Israel. ❋ Richard Green Moulton (1886)

25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. ❋ Unknown (1721)

[601] "The name proverbs (paroimiai) has been by heathen writers used of common expressions, and of those which are generally used in the streets. ❋ Unknown (1895)

The ethical maxims and practical proverbs ascribed to the sages, while, like the so-called proverbs of Solomon, they contain a vast amount of practical wisdom, still do not constitute philosophy proper, which is a systematic search for the reason and causes of things. ❋ Philip Van Ness Myers (N/A)

MS. collection of Italian proverbs, which is also dated from Oxford on the 12th of November 1582. ❋ Arthur Acheson (1897)

"He who steals an egg, steals an ox - as all French children knew until 1969, when teachers were told to remove lessons on proverbs from the national curriculum," says The Times of London. ❋ Michael Kesterton (2011)

Because cultural literacy embraces more subject matter than is usually treated in an academic setting, this book contains several topics, such as proverbs and idioms, that may be encountered only indirectly in the classroom. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In a creepy sort of way, this couple of do-badders finish each other’s sentences and speak in proverbs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The same kind of proverbs are given in _Wit's Private Wealth_, 1603, and in some other of his works. ❋ Various (N/A)

mom : go read some books dumb ass ! ninja son: but mom , i want to be the best ninja.. mom: (proverb) " [pen is] mightier than sword" son. ninja son: [yeah right]!! [you win]. mom: (proverb)"mother knows best" ❋ Yesitsgd (2015)

It’s the opposite- [grounding], like she’s [whispering] to me without a word, [proverbing] she’s there as well as she’s with me and we’re fine. ❋ M. R. Duriez (2019)

"And the wise man did say when asked about the principle of self-sufficiency: 'Give a man a [porn mag] and he can wank for a week, give a man broadband access to the internet and he can masturbate for a lifetime.'" "Never trust a duck with a match" The origin of this ancient proverb, like so many others, has been lost to the mists of time; recent archaeological findings, however, seem to support the predication that the provenance of the [precept] lies in 1st Century Rome, where the Great [Duck of] [Saxony] (later chronicled by Tacitus as the Surreptitious Duck of Saxony) - under the direction of Ambiorix, Prince of [Germania] - managed to infiltrate Rome and set alight the South-Eastern quadrant of the Circus Maximus, causing fire to disperse vociferously through the densely populated districts of Rome, leaving the city engulfed in flames for the next five days. The eponymous Duck, having assimilated himself into the backdrop of the Aventine under the pretence of being a duck, obtained a match; from when and where he acquired the fateful match is unknown (eye-witnesses who survived the blaze claim to have overheard a person suffering from a duck-like affliction asking for a match to light his cigarette), but what he then proceeded to do with it is unequivocal. Observing that the fire was spreading quicker than he had anticipated, the Duck flew to the safety of the [Imperial Palace] where he was accosted by the Emperor Nero, who - entranced by [the Duck's] ebullience and [duckish] charisma - was inveigled into playing the lute as a celebration of the Duck and all duck-kind; all the while the Duck had perched itself on one of the [Doric] columns to gleefully gaze down below to the sight of a carbonic miasma emanating from the fire consuming the streets and the [tenebrous] clouds of smoke piercing the [crepuscular] skies as the Great Duck watched Rome burn. ❋ Denty Gimps-a-Lot (2007)

Person 1- "I'm really starting to see the glass half-full ever since Tom put up the 'A [bird in the hand] is worth more than two in the bush' [proverb]." Person 2- "Wow. Sounds like [proverb overload]." ❋ Nation Wide (2009)

Proverbs 34 doesn\'t know [what the hell] he\'s talking about; so, [don]\'t have sex with that [douchebag]. ❋ Will Barnes (2005)

[i.e]. "Nothing is going right today, so I'm [going left]"--Facebook [Proverb] ❋ [/|{The_Doctor}|\] (2011)

Yo, [that girl] [Erica] she’s gonna be my [proverbs 31 girl]. ❋ Young Ge (2018)

[Snitches] Should Have Proverbs 13:3 [Tattooed] On Their [Face]! ❋ C. Menza (2008)

Guy 1: Have u [met] [proverb] Guy 2: yes, he is [damn hot] ❋ Usahhdhajoqosbsb (2022)