Advice, Book of Proverbs

A bribe seems a charm to its user; at every turn it brings success.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 8

[17:8] An observation on the effect of the bribe upon the bribe-giver: it gives an intoxicating feeling of power (“seems”). In v. 23 the evil effects of a bribe are noted.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Fine words ill fit a fool; how much more lying lips, a noble!

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 7

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Book of Proverbs, Proverbs, Old Testament, Bible,

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 6

Work, Chinese Proverb

空行空返。

- 中國俗談

No song, no supper.

- Chinese Proverb

Money, Juvenal

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

- Juvenal

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Whoever mocks the poor reviles their Maker; whoever rejoices in their misfortune will not go unpunished.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 5

Thought, John F. Kennedy

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)