Comments Proverbs

Sayings about Comments

A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment. ~ Chinese Proverb

Judge a man not by the words of his mother, but from the comments of his neighbors. ~ Hebrew Proverb

A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. "Why are you burning damp wood?" was his first comment. ~ Arabian Proverb

If the fool has a hunchback no one remarks about it; if a wise man has a boil everybody talks about it. ~ Russian Proverb

There is no wise response to a foolish remark. ~ Slovak Proverb

Never trust a woman who mentions her virtue. ~ French Proverb

Not to mention the truth is hiding gold. ~ Greek Proverb

Never point out the mistakes of another with a dirty finger. ~ Italian Proverb

Quotations about Comments

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. ~ Will Rogers

Comment is free but facts are sacred. ~ Charles Prestwich Scott

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another. ~ Sidney Poitier

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. ~ Mencius

I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it. ~ John Mellencamp

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting. ~ Pablo Picasso

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires. ~ Chuck Jones

The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it. ~ Frank Norris

No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. ~ Winston Churchill

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment. ~ Richard Cobden

Never forget the facts are important but it's the opinion of the facts that causes comment. ~ Author Unknown

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. ~ E. B. White

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record. ~ Henri De Toulouse Lautrec

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out. ~ Anupam Kher

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