Sentence examples for as the old maxim goes from inspiring English sources

As the old maxim goes: act in haste, repent at leisure.

You'll be surprised by how often you succeed when you're proactive – as the old maxim goes, "fortune favours the bold" – and when you fail, you'll be able to see that your life continues on anyway.

By forming a lasting friendship, the West can win the hearts and minds of the people of Afghanistan as an Afghan old maxim goes, "Being your friend, an Afghan will cheerfully go with you to hell, but you cannot take him to paradise by force".

AS the old French maxim goes, the more Michael Jordan changes, the more he stays the same.

Usmanov, though, offered a fresh take on the old maxim about never going back.

So maybe one lesson of this issue is, if you want to be a writer and not have to scramble for every dollar, the old maxim holds true: Go to LA. .

Which just goes to prove the old maxim: If you run a fancy-dress shop, don't try to help people who need it, because they will come and burn your livelihood down.