wise saying
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Gen. Douglas Sims, a senior officer on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, counseled the lawmakers that caution in this instance was wise, saying, “Once you take a shot, you can’t get it back.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Comparison, as the wise saying goes, is the thief of joy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
We have a wise saying," said he: " 'Better to have 100 friends than 100 rubles.'
From Time Magazine Archive
The Germans have a wise saying, 'The trees do not grow up to the sky.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Then in amaze she goes back to her chamber, for she lays up the wise saying of her son in her heart.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
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