As for the people and affairs of the contemporary
world, they hold no attraction for me.  If in becoming
a teacher one thinks only of wealth and honor and
is not concerned about the importance of literature,
it would be better if we had no teachers.  If in
being a friend one thinks only of power and profit
and cares nothing about the frank exchange of
opinions, it would be better if we had no friends.
So I close my gate, shut my door, hum poems and
sing songs by myself.
	- Yoshishige no Yatsutane

A proverb
 (from the Latin proverbium)
is a pithy saying which had gained credence through widespread or frequent use. Most proverbs express some basic truth or practical precept. A proverb which describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a  "maxim". If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good style itmay be known as an aphorism.   Proverbs of cultures which exist close to each other often overlap.

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• Boris Sidis  Born in Berditchev, Russia Oct. 12, 1867. At age of 17 imprisoned by Czar as political prisoner, for teaching peasants to read, against Czarist law.

• William James Born January 11, 1842, New York - August 26, 1910 Chocorua, New Hampshire, philosopher and elder brother of the writer Henry James, was born in New York, son of a Swedenborgian theologian, Henry James, Sr. He received an eclectic and trans-Atlantic education as his eccentric father's son.
• Cherokee  an enchanted land, rich in tradition and located in the Great Smoky Mountains.

• Albert Einstein  German born American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955

• Bishop Butler  Butler was born in 1692 and ordained in 1718. In 1726 he published Fifteen Sermons, preached at the Rolls Chapel in London, and chiefly dealing with human nature and its implications for ethics and practical Christian life.

• The Wisdom & Spirituality of Kahlil Gibran  1883-1931

·         Native American proverbs

·         Quotes from C G Jung Relating to a Metaphysical Perspective

• Random House Dictionary of Proverbs

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