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an old saying considered wise by many; e.g., "Actions speak louder than words."- Remember the old adage: "It's not how much you earn; it's how much you save."
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- It's based on the old adage, "Sex sells."
- There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.Theodore Roosevelt
- I condemn myself in so many ways that I'm beginning to realize the truth of Father's adage: "Every child has to raise itself."Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Oh, it's sad, very sad that the old adage has been confirmed for the umpteenth time: "What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflects on all Jews.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- That experience is the parent of wisdom, is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.Hamilton, Alexander -- Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton
- There must always be two parties to a quarrel, says the old adage.Dickens, Charles -- Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress
- A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that "extremes meet."Bronte, Charlotte -- Jane Eyre
- Unless the adage must be verified,
That beggar mounted run their horse to death.Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 3 - But manifestly to our Priests and Women this adage did not apply.Abbott, Edwin -- Flatland
- Another of Henri's adages: Those things that are most obvious are the very things we're most likely to overlook.Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
- You know the old adage: 'The wife is always the last one to find out.'Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- That experience is the parent of wisdom, is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
- The world won't move on tomorrow," the gunslinger said, quoting the old adage with a smile.Stephen King -- The Gunslinger
- "A doctor a day keeps the jim-jams away," he added heartily, driving home his hypnopaedic adage with a clap on the shoulder.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- The adage is quite right: The old fool is the complete fool.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- To do otherwise was to believe there was solid truth in the old adage: like father, like son.Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
- A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that "extremes meet."Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
- He is a firm believer in the old Russian adage, "Once you're in a fight, don't spare yourself Give it everything you've got."Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- That she could alleviate this distress more now than ever before proved the adage that it was an ill wind that blew nobody good.Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
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