Sentence examples for the proverb from inspiring English sources

YOU are what you eat, or so the proverb goes.

That, at least, is the proverb on Earth.

"You should say the proverb anyway," she said.

"A soldier takes care of himself," the proverb goes.

The proverb inside could have been Mr. Koch's epitaph.

Cleanliness, as the proverb says, is next to godliness.

Jessica recalled the proverb "Hell is a stylish shoe".

But as the proverb goes, "Soil hardens after rain".

(Despite the proverb, familiarity does not breed contempt).

The wolf knows who to eat, as the proverb goes.

As the proverb has it, hunger turns out to be the best sauce.