Proverbials!

Quotations about Knowledge A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself. ~ Bernard Beckett Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ~ Francis Bacon The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope If you have knowledge , let others light their candles in it. ~ Charles Caleb Colton The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. ~ Confucius Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. ~ George Santayana Knowledge of men is the prime secret of business success. ~ Darius Ogden Mills Knowledge is twofold and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of what is false. ~ Charles Caleb Colton Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. ~ George Santayana The function of knowledge is to transcend earthly experience, not to wallow in it....

Sayings about Knowledge God sells knowledge for labor — honor for risk. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb Doubt is the key to knowledge . ~ Arabian Proverb Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. ~ Guinean Proverb Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. ~ Japanese Proverb Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. ~ Japanese Proverb The wise man who does not put his knowledg e into practice is like a bee that gives no honey. ~ Iranian Proverb Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone. ~ Arabian Proverb The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation. ~ Latin Proverb Ask someone else for advice but keep your knowledge to yourself. ~ Hebrew Proverb There are three "too much" and three "too little" that can bring a fool down: too much spending and too little money; too much talking and too little knowledge ; and too much boasting...

Quotations about Wonder Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. ~ Ronald Reagan No wonder is greater than any other wonder, and if once explained ceases to be a wonder. ~ James Henry Leigh Hun Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder , to the enduring fact of mystery. ~ Henry Miller He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder. ~ M. C. Escher The world will never starve for want of wonders ; but only for want of wonder. ~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton From wonder into wonder existence opens. ~ Lao Tzu That is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual; the wise man wonders at the usual. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~ George Bernard Shaw Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is al...

Sayings about Questions One who is afraid of asking questions is ashamed of learning. ~ Danish Proverb Indiscreet questions must be answered with a lie. ~ Spanish Proverb Ask no questions and hear no lies. ~ Traditional Proverb Hasty questions require slow answers. ~ Dutch Proverb An educated man is one who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answer. ~ Saying Every question has an answer. ~ Yiddish Proverb One idiot can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer. ~ Mongolian Proverb Don't ask questions about fairy tales. ~ Yiddish Proverb Conversation is like making love; the man is the question , the woman the answer, and the union of both will bear fruit. ~ Arabian Proverb The wise man asks questions of himself; the fool questions others. ~ Chinese Proverb He, who asks questions , cannot avoid the answers. ~ Cameroonian Proverb To a quick question give a slow answer. ~ Italian Proverb A fool can a...

Sayings about Doubt The more you listen the more you give yourself room for doubt . ~ Mongolian Proverb Jealousy is nourished by doubt . ~ French Proverb Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death. ~ Saying When in charge ponder. When in trouble delegate. When in doubt mumble. ~ Saying Doubt cannot override a certainty. ~ The Talmud To wish to know is to wish to doubt . ~ French Proverb If there is still doubt do not accuse. ~ Spanish Proverb The believer is happy; the doubter is wise. ~ Hungarian Proverb To believe with certainty, we must begin by doubting . ~ Polish Proverb Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom. ~ Chinese Proverb The person who trusts is happy; the person who doubts is wise. ~ Hungarian Proverb Quotation about Doubt To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us. ~ Philip Massinger Doubt cannot override a certainty. ~ The Talmud Doubt , of whatever k...

Sayings about Understanding The best candle is  understanding . ~ Welsh Proverb When you cease to strive to understand , then you will know without understanding. ~ Chinese Proverb The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand. ~ Chinese Proverb Only a monkey understands a monkey. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverb When you say one thing, the clever person understands three. ~ Chinese Proverb Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I'll understand . ~ Chinese Proverb He who is slow to anger has great understanding , but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. ~ Traditional Proverb Be not disturbed at being misunderstood ; be disturbed at not understanding. ~ Chinese Proverb I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand . ~ Chinese Proverb Of the good we have an understanding , for fools we keep a stick upstairs. ~ Mongolian Proverb We admire what we do not understand . ~ Indian Pro...

Sayings about Ignorance If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant . ~ Vietnamese Proverb Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will think you are his enemy. ~ Arabian Proverb An ignorant consent is no consent. ~ American Proverb Be wise, but pretend to be ignorant . ~ Russian Proverb Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work. ~ Indian Proverb Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance . ~ Traditional Proverb Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance . ~ Chinese Proverb The ignorant is his own enemy. ~ Palestinian Proverb It is better to be ignorant than mistaken. ~ Japanese Proverb Custom is the guide of the ignorant . ~ English Proverb A wise man takes his own decisions; the ignorant goes with the crowd. ~ Chinese Proverb Don't talk too ...