Adage Quotes

He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

A witty saying proves nothing.

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

My grandmother always would say, "This, too, shall pass." It is always true.

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.

An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.

Be careful not to give too much credence to the old adage that time heals. Mark my word. It's God that heals. Time only tells.

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.

'The Good Wife' was definitely the biggest surprise and gift that I've had in a long time, and that did come out of some other work that I had done. That whole adage of 'work begets work' actually worked in that case - it was at the very end of their first season that my character was first introduced.

Better the feet slip then the tongue.

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

Better a bare foote then none.

Age before beauty, and pearls before swine.

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.