| Proverbs are the abridgments of wisdom. |
| —Quotation 49 |
| Joseph Joubert |
Dictionary of Quotations
From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them
Selected and Compiled by the Rev. James Wood
These 28,732 selections feature non-English language sources including proverbs by a master Encyclopedist.
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LONDON, NEW YORK: FREDERICK WARNE & Co., 1899
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2012
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