Proverbials!

Sayings about Cleverness & Intelligence When luck joins in the game, cleverness scores double. ~ Yiddish Proverbs It’s good to be  clever , but not to show it. ~  French Proverbs Experience is the teacher of jesters and the intelligence of the wise. ~ German Proverbs To learn about other people is science, to learn to know yourself is intelligence . ~ Chinese Proverbs Over- intelligent people can't find friends. ~ Japanese Proverbs Truth makes the tongue smart . ~ German Proverb The best horse needs a whip, intelligent men need advice, and devout women need a man. ~ Yiddish Proverb Where there is a glut of words, there is a dearth of intelligence . ~ Indian Proverbs Experiences are the spectacles of intellect . ~ Arabian Proverbs He who has no intelligence is happy with it. ~ South African Proverbs Intelligence is the best capital. ~ German Proverb Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~ Russian Proverbs Friendship is l...

Sayings about Wisdom I associate wisdom and grace with age. ~ Christy Turlington Gray hairs are signs of wisdom i f you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. ~ Philo The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly. ~ Norman Macdonald When wisdom leaves the house folly enters it. ~ Edward Counsel A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. ~ Louis L'Amour Wisdom grows in quiet places. ~ Austin O’Malley Wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good. ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools. ~ Thomas Fuller Wisdom no more consists in science than happiness in wealth. ~ Marquis Stanislas Jean de Boufflers Like water in the desert is wisdom to the soul. ~ Edward Counsel I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious. ~ Glenda Jackson Wisdom comes only through suffering. ~ Aeschylus Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisd...

Sayings about Age & Wisdom It is easier to wage war with wise enemies than be at peace with foolish friends. ~ Afghan Proverb Poor folk’s wisdom counts very little. ~ Dutch Proverb Experience is the mother of wisdom . ~ Traditional Proverb It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank; it is a fool who dies that way. ~ French Proverb A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold. ~ Greek Proverb Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. ~ English Proverb A fool by chance may say a wise thing. ~ Dutch Proverb Do more things by wisdom than by force. ~ Hungarian Proverb A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. ~ English Proverb The wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool does from his friends. ~ Chinese Proverb The heart of a fool is in his mouth and the mouth of the wise man is in his heart. ~ Ethiopian Proverb Wealth gets in the way of wisdom . ~ Japanese Proverb The wise man, even when he holds ...

Sayings about Questions To question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom. ~ German Proverb One who is afraid of asking questions is ashamed of learning. ~ Danish Proverb To a quick question give a slow answer. ~ Italian Proverb Never has a man more need of his intelligence than when a fool asks him a question . ~ Chinese Proverb Don't ask questions about fairy tales. ~ Yiddish Proverb Every question has an answer . ~ Yiddish Proverb Indiscreet questions must be answered with a lie. ~ Spanish Proverb The wise man asks questions of himself; the fool questions others. ~ Chinese Proverb No one is without knowledge except he who asks no questions . ~ African Proverb He, who asks questions , cannot avoid the answers . ~ Cameroonian Proverb The belly is like a judge that is silent yet still asks questions . ~ Russian Proverb The real scholar is not afraid to ask questions of his pupil. ~ Chinese Proverb One idiot can ask more questions than ten ...