Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as in a looking glass.

Quote by Italian Proverb

Topics: Age Quotes

Silence was never written down

Silence was never written down

One is never too old to yearn

One is never too old to yearn

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

The teacher is like the candle, which lights others in consuming itself

The teacher is like the candle, which lights others in consuming itself

A full stomach praises Lent.

A full stomach praises Lent.

Speak of the devil and he appears

Speak of the devil and he appears

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same...

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same...

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

He dances well to whom fortune pipes

He dances well to whom fortune pipes

Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage

Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage

Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.

Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.

Six feet of earth make us all equal

Six feet of earth make us all equal

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as...

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as...

Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Hope is the last thing ever lost

Hope is the last thing ever lost

A sin concealed is half-pardoned

A sin concealed is half-pardoned

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.