Physician of the Iron Age, Goethe has done his pilgrimage. He took the suffering human race, He read each wound, each weakness clear - And struck his finger on the place, And said - Thou ailest here, and here. Matthew Arnold
Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy. Edgar Rice Burroughs
When a wave of love takes over a human being... such an exaltation takes him that he knows he has put his finger on the pulse of the great secret and the great answer. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
He who dips his finger into honey does not dip it once. Swahili Proverb
Someone who is pointing his finger to another person is not always aware that the four remaining fingers are pointing in his direction. Sudanese Proverb
Nobody returns where he got his finger bitten,. Kikuyu Proverb