proverb
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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
“Nwanne di na mba,” Richard said, enigmatically, hoping that he had not mixed things up and that the proverb meant that one’s brother could come from a different land.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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