Learning Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Learning quotes, Learning sayings, and Learning proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


A rule isn't unfair if it applies to everyone.      -- unknown
Give good and get good.      -- Estonian (on generosity)
Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.      -- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.      -- Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.(1809-1865) thanks to Pete Hartzel of Woodstock Corporation, Boston, MA
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.     -- Scottish (on justice)
Little thieves are hanged but great ones escape.      -- 14th Century French Proverb
Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The deceitful have no friends.     -- Hindi (Asian Indian) (on justice)
The end doesn't justify the means.      -- Ovid (c.43 BC-AD 18)