Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

When an old man dies, a library burns down.
Topic: Cliches
Author: African Proverb
A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.
Topic: Cliches
Author: African Proverb
Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.
Topic: Cliches
Author: African Proverb
Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
Topic: Decisions
Author: African Proverb
If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.
Topic: Illness
Author: African Proverb
Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
Topic: Indecision
Author: African Proverb
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
Topic: Listening
Author: African Proverb
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
Topic: Water
Author: African Proverb
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