Quotes by Florio, John

For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, >>

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. >>

A good husband makes a good wife. >>

Quotations about Proverbs

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. >>

There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philoso >>

A proverb is the child of experience. >>

For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good.

Florio, John