885 quotes found
“Skeptics are never deceived.”
“Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.”
“Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses breathing cold air and eating dry food.”
“He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.”
“Though a tree grow ever so high the falling leaves return to the root.”
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
“"Let us agree not to step on each other's feet " said the cock to the horse.”
“A tale never loses in the telling.”
“Talk is cheap.”
“Everyone to his taste.”
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
“A great city a great solitude.”
“That which is escaped now is pain to come.”
“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”
“What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.”
“Yesterday is ashes tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.”
“Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.”
“Summer is the mother of the poor.”
“There is honor among thieves.”
“Set a thief to catch a thief.”
