Sentence examples for proverb from from inspiring English sources

That is why most societies have some version of the proverb, "from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations".

"What does the man do before enlightenment" I ask, quoting some Zen proverb from my own youth.

This quiet American has pasted a sheet with Hindi alphabets on his left, on his right there is a proverb from Punjab.

Its inhabitants have a reputation for being attached to it; in the words of a local proverb, "From Madrid to heaven, and in heaven a little window from which to see it".

Ms. Aubry was more combative and tried to be folksy, calling Mr. Hollande "vague" and citing a rhyming proverb from her grandmother, to the effect that "when it's vague, there's a wolf," or a danger.

One proverb from each unstudied triplet was randomly chosen to be on the list of the 20 unstudied, unrelated proverbs.

Proverbs from the book pound the Twittersphere and countless conversations.

Certain stylistic similarities have been found in proverbs from the same part of the world.

As played by Ewan McGregor, Sky is dapper and cool, but deep down a decent, religious guy who knows his Proverbs from his Isaiah.

Popular usage sometimes creates new proverbs from old ones; e.g., the biblical proverb, "The love of money is the root of all evil" has become "Money is the root of all evil".

Le Grain magique (1966; "The Magic Grain")—a collection of legends, short stories, songs, poems, and proverbs from the Kabyle, translated by her from Berber into French is perhaps her best-known work.