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...know and not to act is not to know," he told the crowd, quoting an ancient Chinese proverb...
...French proverb "a day without wine is like a day without sunshine" fits the Napa Valley to a T. Even on the rare cloudy days, there's plenty of sunshine aboard the Napa Valley Wine Train, a 10-year-old cruise ship on land that offers white-linen dining--and plenty of the local agricultural product--on a three-hour rail voyage through the heart of California's famed wine country...
...their view, it is no accident that fairy tales with wicked stepparents, like "Cinderella," can be found in every culture. The French even have a proverb for this: "Quand la femme se remarie ayant enfants, elle leur fait un ennemi pour parent" (The mother of babes who elects to re-wed/Has taken their enemy into...
However, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" quoted Papandreou from an old Chinese proverb. "We have taken that first step...
...most satisfying chapter in the book, "Solomon's Riddles," Kugel elucidates the hidden meanings of several Hebrew "mashals," two-part proverbial sentences that provided the "basic building blocks of wisdom" for the Israelites. In any mashal, Kugel asks, "What is the relationship between A and B?" A puzzling proverb requires thoughtful contemplation before its meaning becomes clear. Take Proverb 26:23, for example: "Like thick glaze on a cheap pot, ardent lips and an evil heart." "The thick glaze [of the pot] deceives the eyes," Kugel elegantly summarizes, "but underneath is crumbling clay." Similarly, "however much the lips...