Sentence examples for familiar proverb from inspiring English sources

The familiar proverb that captures this requirement is, "Ours is a government of laws and not of men".

But the tone of "Spilt Milk," whose title seems to refer both to the familiar proverb about not crying and the fecundity of Matilde's breasts when she is nursing the child who will become Eulálio's only heir, is different.

The origins of this familiar proverb are lost in time.

We are all familiar with the Chinese proverb, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.

We are familiar with the age-old proverb that 'To err is human (living being)'.

The phrase might have originated with Cicero, but most people today are familiar with it as a proverb.

It's not necessary to document your sources for common proverbs, or for familiar quotations that have been around for so long they are considered public domain.

There is an Arabian proverb of which most are familiar.

The cat is a familiar figure in nursery rhymes, stories, and proverbs (see photograph).

For example, if an art director is hiring for a book about Yiddish proverbs, they might find it helpful to hire a Jewish illustrator who is familiar with the sayings and the culture associated with it.

And in the most religious communities, scholarly boys are encouraged to study Talmud, the lengthy and abstruse commentary on Jewish law, so the Bible's familiar epics, family dramas, prophecies and poetry -- the Garden of Eden, Moses and the burning bush, David and Bathsheba, Psalms, Proverbs -- are the province of girls.