Proverbs

Famous quotes containing the word proverbs:

    Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
    Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 10:12.

    Who is so deaf or so blind as he
    That wilfully will neither hear nor see?
    16th century English proverb, collected in J. Heywood, Dialogue of Proverbs (1546)

    Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.
    Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 19:15.