Famous quotes containing the words english proverb, century, english and/or proverb:
“Death is a shadow that always follows the body.”
—14th-century English proverb.
“The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil;
They exist and that is all.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)
“I don’t wish to give offense when I suggest that this country should select a king, or even a queen, rather than a president. One isn’t that quick to shoot a king or a queen—the majesty of royalty, you see.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“Let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill, to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 1:5-6.