Both Uses of
proverb
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'Out of sight, out of mind,' is well enough as a proverb applicable to cases of friendship, though absence is not always necessary to hollowness of heart, even between friends, and truth and honesty, like precious stones, are perhaps most easily imitated at a distance, when the counterfeits often pass for real.†
Chpt 40
- 'You know the proverb.'†
Chpt 47 *
Definition:
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(proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice