A proverb is no proverb to you till life has illustrated it.
John Keats
John Keats
Related:
- Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb
to you till your life has illustrated it.
John Keats (1795-1821), Correspondence,... - Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced --
even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life... - No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.
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Jamaican... - Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
American... - A shroud has no pockets.
German... - Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.
Spanish... - We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
French... - What worth has beauty if it be not
seen? --...
From the same category:
- Virtue is not left to stand alone.
He who practices it will have neighbors.... - We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
Friedrich... - Nature does nothing
uselessly.... - Meet it and you will not see
its head... - We often give our enemies the means of our own
destruction....
