An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
1 All the merit of proverbs consists in the concise and picturesque expression.
2 Similarly, with trees in general, we find a good number of proverbs .
3 There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs .
4 Now it is very probable that some of the proverbs are pre-exilic.
5 The Man Who Talked Backwards reversed even the most common of proverbs .
6 For it was one of the shameless proverbs of poor, oppressed Formosa.
7 Many popular Moroccan proverbs associate fancy appearance with suspicious or malicious intentions.
8 Its splicing of English with Igbo rhythms, stories and proverbs was revelatory.
9 Its common-sense proverbs and useful hints are household words to this day.
10 For we English also have some famous sayings and proverbs about swords.
11 I suppose you learn all those choice proverbs from your aristocratic brother.
12 The proverbs , amounting to 945, are given without any comment or explanation.
13 Really, Nan, you mustn't confound French proverbs with quotations from the Scriptures.
14 Does not one of your proverbs say, 'No news is good news?'
15 And more of this copper coinage of wisdom in the way of proverbs .
16 They act as our guides, spouting proverbs of wisdom: Find drinking water here.
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