A Quote by John Morley
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
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The old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse.
A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it
Certainly one is brought to the brink of one's sense of who one is, what one has to do, why me, why now, why in this time in history? I am really driven, believe it or not, am awakened by a sense of being in this powerful axis, this turning point in human history.
The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living.
She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film.
Anyone who commits an act of violence to themselves or others is worth consideration in the sense that there must be something that brought them to that point, whether it's a mental health issue or otherwise.
The old Indian proverb holds true. Once you've cut off a person's nose, there's no point in giving him a rose to smell.
The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain our security. We must begin to become compassionate and wise in the fundamental sense, open and relating to the world as it is.
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.
If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've got a good mind and a good ability to read people and situations.
It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.
Good advice is like a proverb: the meaning depends on the interpretation.
Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous.
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.
As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all.
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