The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Literature helps us transcend ourselves.
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends.
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.