Both Uses of
proverb
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The wondrous power of flattery in passados at woman is a perception so universal as to be remarked upon by many people almost as automatically as they repeat a proverb, or say that they are Christians and the like, without thinking much of the enormous corollaries which spring from the proposition.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- "I do—when I have an opportunity, which latterly has not been often (my mother was a Parisienne)—and there's a proverb they have, _Qui aime bien chatie bien_—'He chastens who loves well.'†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice