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This work takes a page from President Ronald Reagan, who liked to repeat the Russian proverb “trust but verify.”
In the case of Kudo-kai case boss Nomura, the appropriate Japanese proverb appears to be: “The mouth is the gate of misfortune.”
The catch phrase, which Reagan borrowed from a Russian proverb, was “trust but verify.”
The Latin proverb “Times Change and We Change With Them” used to be memorized by generations of students of Latin.
The rich,” according to a Spanish proverb, “laugh carefully.
The variety of taste in snuff is accounted for by the proverb, "So many men to so many noses."
M. Mon here quotes a Latin proverb:—'Qui plus castigat, plus amore ligat.'
Behold every one that useth a common proverb, shall use this against thee, saying: As the mother was, so also is her daughter.
There is an obvious allusion in this line to the common proverb—'As fain as fowl of a fair morrow,' which is quoted in the Kn.
This is only another form of a proverb which also occurs as 'Well fights he who well flies.'
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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to proverb, such as: adage, aphorism, axiom, dictum, epigram, and maxim.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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