wise saying
Example Sentences
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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
The Germans have a wise saying, 'The trees do not grow up to the sky.'
From Time Magazine Archive
We have a wise saying," said he: " 'Better to have 100 friends than 100 rubles.'
From Time Magazine Archive
They will come to you as the foolish virgins came to the wise, saying, "Give us of your oil, because our lamps are gone out."
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles
