Quote by Charles Buxton
Proverbs are potted wisdom. - Charles Buxton

Proverbs are potted wisdom. – Charles Buxton

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Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul. – Charles Buxton

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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. – Joseph Roux (1834–1905), Meditations of a Parish Priest, 1886, translated

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Unraveling proverbs is a suitable puzzle for an old man. I put pieces in order and build up a kind of Utopian castle. – Matti Kuusi

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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. – Agnes Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976)

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Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybodys reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor means to get more. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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