Proverbs

Famous quotes containing the word proverbs:

    “Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 22:28.

    “Wealth brings many friends, but the poor are left friendless.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 19:4.

    “Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.”
    —English proverb, collected in J. Ray, English Proverbs (1670)