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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Questions

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.Bacon.

Hasty questions require slow answers.Dutch.

He that makes a question where there is no doubt must make an answer where there is no reason.

He that nothing questioneth nothing learneth.

I wish to see face and back; i.e., both sides of the question.Sfik or old Calabar, Africa.

It is not calling your neighbors names that settles a question.Benjamin Disraeli.

Never answer a question until it is asked.

No question is settled until it is settled right.New York Freeman’s Journal.

There are few questions that have not their answers.German.

’Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

To a man full of questions make no answer at all.Plato.

To question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom.German.

Unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations.Swiss.