Proverbs

Famous quotes containing the word proverbs:

“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 14:23.

“Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:15.

“But such is life, the silliest proverbs prove to be true, and when a man thinks, now it’s all right, it’s not all right by a long shot. Man proposes, God disposes, and there’s always that last straw to break the camel’s back.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)