Sentence examples for proverb is from inspiring English sources

Which proverb is that?

Actually this proverb is, for the most part, not true.

The old proverb is worth recalling before next week's "elephant round" of talks on Kosovo's future.

"Learning in youth," he said, quoting a proverb, "is like engraving a stone".

Not surprisingly, his favorite proverb is "The softest way goes farthest".

In Thailand, the proverb is couched differently: people are said to escape from tigers only to be eaten by crocodiles.

The proverb was originally African, but it makes another kind of sense in the land of Babe Ruth.

"Proverb" was accompanied by a tape of the Steve Reich Ensemble and a choral group, Theater of Voices.

The word mashal was derived from a root that meant "to rule," and thus a proverb was conceived as an authoritative word.

-INDIAN PROVERB Be a yardstick of quality.

NATIVE AMERICAN PROVERB Be not afraid of life.