adage
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Calls to mind the adage that people who live in glass houses ought not throw stones!
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026
Led by the adage of “doing good while doing well,” microfinance lenders have since advanced hundreds of billions of dollars to poor people in countries from Albania to Zimbabwe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Sticking with the old adage that it’s never a bad time to buy a house, but there is a bad time to sell one, hold onto it for now.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
As the age-old adage goes, “too much of a good thing is a bad thing.”
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Not only did they fight the Inka, they followed the old adage about the enemy of my enemy being my friend and actually furnished supplies to Pizarro.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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