Famous quotes containing the words swedish proverb and/or proverb:
“One shouldn’t commit suicide out of fear of death.”
—Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.
“I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)