Charles Buxton Quotes

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not allow the realist to say in his own words, it will suffer him to say in proverbs without contradiction.

I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they are the best way to say what needs to be said. I teach them to my students. I have a collection of proverbs for class discussion and writing assignments.

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?

The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.

I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.

I prefer sayings over jokes.

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.

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

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are preserved by quotations.

Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.

Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation.

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists’ shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.