Proverbs, Maxims, Adages...
Proverbs, axioms, maxims... these short phrases are imbued with profound lessons which, unless we take time to contemplate, we would have missed the lessons they are teaching. When those words describe the present situation you are in, or a situation you were once in, you will find that the words take on a new meaning.
Take a look at this week's selection of proverbs, axioms, and maxims. See if you can learn something from them.
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Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles. - Korean Proverb
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He that won’t be counselled can’t be helped. - Benjamin Franklin
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. - Plato
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. - Confucius
Walls have ears. - Unknown
What’s learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb. - Unknown
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste. - Saadi
The fool wanders, a wise man travels. - Thomas Fuller
To govern was to serve, not to rule. - Seneca
In the long run, a short cut seldom is. - Malcom Forbes
Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do. - Irma Kurtz
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. - John Dryden
Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far. - Euripides
What you resist persists. - Carl Jung
The best of healers is good cheer. - Pindar
More haste, less speed. Make haste slowly. - Augustus Caesar
Law is order, and good law is good order. - Aristotle
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favour. - John Collins
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. - Benjamin Franklin
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All quotes are from 👉 Here- my personal collection which I started in my school days.
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