Famous quotes containing the words english proverb, century, english and/or proverb:
“The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.”
—17th-century English proverb, pt. 1, quoted in Isaac d’Israeli, Curiosities of Literature (1834)
“Whatever things a man gives up,
By those he cannot suffer pain.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)
“Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)
“As the Arab proverb says, “The dog barks and the caravan passes”. After having dropped this quotation, Mr. Norpois stopped to judge the effect it had on us. It was great; the proverb was known to us: it had been replaced that year among men of high worth by this other: “Whoever sows the wind reaps the storm”, which had needed some rest since it was not as indefatigable and hardy as, “Working for the King of Prussia”.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)