Proverbs, Maxims, Adages...

A few simple words, and yet so much wisdom and truism contained therein. If you could grasp the meaning and learn the lessons, you would be a very knowledgeable and wise man. I am sure you have come across some of the sayings before.

Spare a few moments to have a look at the following. Maybe there is something that is useful to you. They will add to your chest of knowledge.

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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. - George Orwell

We will either find a way or make one. - Hannibal

The discipline of desire is the background of character. - John Locke

No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi

Seeing it once is better than being told a hundred times. - Confucius

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. - Marcus Aurelius

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest. - Aesop

Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arabian Proverb

A picture is a poem without words. - Confucius

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. - Leo Tolstoy

It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. - Unknown

Every tide has its ebb. - Unknown

A good workman never quarrels with his tools. - Unknown

To cook your hare you must first catch it. - Fyodor Dostoevsky

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. - Dutch Proverb

He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull. - French Proverb

Zeal will do more than knowledge. - William Hazlitt

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. - Proverb

Good to forgive; Best, to forget. - Robert Browning

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All quotes are from 👉 Here- my personal collection which I started in my school days.

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