Sentence examples for proverb it from inspiring English sources

The Igbo proverb "it takes a village to raise a child" contains a fundamental wisdom.

There is another West African proverb: "it is a fool whose tomatoes are sold to him".

The African proverb "it takes a village" is often used to describe how the upbringing of a child is the responsibility of the extended family -- a communal effort.

On the back was a Chinese proverb: "It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters".

The first was to heed the proverb: "It is better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".

He grabbed a napkin and made a sketch of a body with two heads, asking a friend to identify the proverb it represented.

For example, when the Bible itself identifies some of its words as proverbs, it is bestowing upon those words less moral weight than other words that it identifies as commandments.

But unfortunately, as a proverb has it, "It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions, and hard to get one single remedy".

So you have the Indians 'speaking' Twi with all those proverbs, it's funny," she says.

Unlike "The Netherlandish Proverbs," it is not intended as guidance to contemporary viewers on how to live.

The "words of Agur" (30 1 14) differs sharply in spirit and substance from the rest of Proverbs; it has much closer affinities with the book of Job, stressing the inaccessibility of wisdom for man.