Sentence examples for adage the from inspiring English sources

There's the old adage "The shoemaker's son goes shoeless".

"Nomen est omen" goes a Latin adage: the name is a signifier.

At the time, it seemed testimony to the adage: "the rich get richer".

"I think everybody always used the adage, the grass is always greener," Chavez said.

There's an adage, "The emperor's words are to be taken seriously".

I believe that adage "The Lord helps those who help themselves".

Parsons revises the old 1960s adage, the personal is political - for him everything is personal.

She often cites a legal adage: the first step in losing a death-penalty case is picking a jury.

But a blood feud trumps that adage; the other villagers are intent on assassinating this visitor from the enemy camp.

Hence the adage: "The happiest day of a boat owner's life is the day he buys the boat.

While the adage 'the car is the star' holds true, for readers, the real magic is in the owners' ritual devotion to the annual event that gives their prized possession purpose.