The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
Genius is of no country.