Proverbs Quotes
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God pity the man or the nation wise in proverbs, I told myself, for there is much misery and much error gone into the collecting of such a store.
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He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart.
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A mighty power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled,For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.
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I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men." "Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
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One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".
