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

"There's an African proverb that says, 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together' and so my desire is to go far and together."

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

The French proverb “to understand all is to forgive all” might be overstating matters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

His colleague Maria Cabella sent clients a note about stablecoins that began with a Latin proverb and a first-person recollection about her college roommate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Be invisible if you can, is her guiding proverb.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat