proverb

Example Sentences

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But if you invest for the long term, recognize that the economic sectors poised to grow more than average are those that help people become, as the old proverb has it, healthy, wealthy and wise.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The president quoted a Chinese proverb: "Range far your eye over long distances".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

It may be recalling the old proverb: Fool me once, shame on you.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

The weak controls aren’t a good look, evoking the old proverb about the shoemaker whose children go barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Although he received his calling at his lowest and poorest, he tells Theo, as an old proverb says, “Poverty prevents good minds succeeding.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman