The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
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Age will not be defied.
Francis Bacon · Age and AgingOld wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis Bacon · Age and AgingThe desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Francis Bacon · DesireThey are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.
Francis Bacon · Discovery
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Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
William R. Alger · ProverbsThere is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
Thomas Carlyle · ProverbsProverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Miguel De Cervantes · ProverbsA proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Miguel De Cervantes · Proverbs