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adage
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As the old adage goes, if it’s free then you are the product.
The old adage of staying calm under pressure is also imperative for leaders, especially in crisis.
As Inam was speaking, I was reminded of that old adage, “War is too important to be the left to the generals.”
There is some truth to the old adage that all good things take time, and SEO is a prime example.
He wants everyone to succeed and believes in the adage, 'a rising tide lifts all boats.'
Yet it appears that Tillis, the RNC, and conservative Super PACs forget the old adage, “all politics is local.”
Perhaps the most problematic aspect of the adage is the most obvious.
The old adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” has never seemed more relevant.
But to misquote an old financial adage, the property market can remain irrational longer than you are prepared to remain homeless.
His staying power is a testament to the poptimist adage that if someone likes something, it must have some merit.
He was perfectly contented to bide his time, remembering that adage: "All things come to him who waits."
The old adage that “all is fair in love and war” applies to this new weapon of destruction as to every warlike instrument.
No man alive held the stale old adage of “Beauty when unadorned,” etc., in profounder scorn.
I say to it what I have often said to a difficulty, what the old Scotch adage says of 'the stout heart to the stey brae.'
The old adage, "Honor among thieves," seldom holds good after the "stroke."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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