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Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death. — William Shakespeare

A heart consumed with bitterness will turn to stone.
An old Lightkeepers adage, spoken by Boaz to Luka. — Rona V Flynn

The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago. — Peter Diamandis

You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right. — Charlie Trotter

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' — Kamala Harris

An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck. — Colin Meloy

Potatoes have much more staying power than caviar. — Mark Helprin

The adage that you're either gay or straight or you're lying, well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist. — Clive Davis

The old adage--humor is the best way to make the unbearable bearable--may be true. — Mary Ann Shaffer

The adage: "He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom," could never be applied to my profound and quiet master. Though — Paramahansa Yogananda

There is a banking adage that if it's growing like a weed, it's a good chance that it's a weed. — Mark Zandi

Fake Math owes its existence to a number of things and people who have inspired and assisted this book on its way into the world. — Ryan Fitzpatrick

A pointed illustration indeed of the old adage that "extremes meet". — Charlotte Bronte

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth

It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure ... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best. — Harold W. Dodds

Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment. (Quoting an old adage) — Elizabeth Gilbert

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent. — Natalie Coughlin

The old adage about a leopard never changing its spots? Too fucking right — Sofia Tate

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics. — Mike Quigley

Self-doubt was a luxury, as, perhaps, was the examined life. And yet the examined life, as the adage had it, was the only life worth living. — Alexander McCall Smith

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals. — George Washington

The most important adage and the only adage is, the customer comes first, whatever the business, the customer comes first. — Kerry Stokes

Mum repeated the old adage that money can't buy you everything ... before adding that she prefers using credit cards instead. — Kirkland Ciccone

old military adage of the seven Ps, piss poor planning produces piss poor performance, — Glen R. Stansfield

There's an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil. — Gene Simmons

Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds. — Wallace Pratt

Old Korean adage, "Even jade has flaws." Or, in other words: Nothing in life is ever perfect. — Alan Brennert

Forget the adage buy low and sell high. — William O'Neil

The old adage that 'there are two sides to every story' is not true. There is a story for every storyteller. — Kenneth Eade

There's a great adage that says we sing because what we have to express can't be spoken, just using words. — Jeremy Jordan

As the old Ranger adage went If a person doesn't expect to see someone, odds are he won't. — John Flanagan

remember the old adage "You can't judge a book by its cover"? I'm here to tell you that's complete bullshit — Tim Castleman

It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it. — Gordon Bethune

I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies. — Mike Pence

There's an adage in Silicon Valley that people who use online services are not the customers. We're the product. As — Dan Lyons

the Portuguese adage holds true: God writes straight on crooked lines. — James Martin

Suicide is a behavioral contagion. It's old adage "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, then would you, too?" Apparently, the answer is yes. — Suzanne Young

A lie well told, as the Old Singhalese adage goes, is worth a thousand facts. — John Gimlette

If you hold to the adage, If at first you don't succeed, try try again, sky diving may not be your ideal sport. — J.E. Thompson

We don't need less kids, just more middle managers ... — Ryan Fitzpatrick

Bethink thee of the adage, 'Call none blest, till peaceful death have crowned a life of weal. — Aeschylus

I am a believer in the adage - performance leads to recognition, recognition leads to respect and respect leads to power. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The old adage says that it's better to be lucky than good. Apparently having the right network is better than both. At — J.D. Vance

It's the old adage, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained, ... While this is unique, we consider ourselves unique. — Gavin Newsom

"Our prosperity, our friends, our bondage and even our destruction are all in the end rooted in our tongue," says a famous adage. — Krishnananda Saraswati

I followed the adage that if you really want to learn about someone, you should just shut up and listen. — James Patterson

The adage 'a family that prays together, stays together' is so true. — Niecy Nash

Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide. — Charles Dickens

Says a fine Greek adage, "is the gift of nature; but beautiful living is the gift of wisdom.") — Will Durant

There's an old Internet adage that as soon as you compare something to the Nazis you lose the argument. — Jon Ronson

That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out. — Jennifer Egan

The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when it comes to houses. — Peter Lynch

An ancient adage warns, Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three. — Fred Brooks

As the old military adage goes, "If you're in a fair fight, you're doing it wrong. — Gary J. Byrne

Maybe that old adage about not being able to have a good apartment, a good relationship, and a good job at the same time is true. — Padma Lakshmi

An adage worth repeating is also halfway to being irrelevant. You end up with something that is easy to say but not connected to behavior. — Ed Catmull

There's a Nigerian adage that says 'no matter how long an okra plant grows it can never be taller than its owner'. — S.A. David

Live and let live" is an old adage. "Live and help live" is a better one. — David O. McKay

responsive. She now realized that the old adage 'he who wants friends must show himself friendly' was right. — Brenda Barrett

It is an old adage, "All is fair in love as in war," but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance. — Jane Swisshelm

A'ohe I pau ka 'ike I ka halau ho'okahi, she said. It was a popular hula adage that meant:All knowledge is not contained in only one school. — Wendy Wunder

And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can. — Trevanian

An old adage says that a good rider can hear his horse speak and a great rider can hear his horse whisper. — Elizabeth Letts

The old adage applied: if God were in the details, Colonel Washington would have been there to greet him upon arrival. — Joseph J. Ellis

If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly. — Vincent De Paul

For investors, the thesis is a Silicon Valley adage: Get millions of people to use the service first, and eventually it will find a way to make money. — Anonymous

The old adage was true; the surest proof of the Faith is that it has survived for two thousand years....in spite of the men that run it. — Val Bianco

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end. — Jeff Galloway

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. — Ambrose Bierce

Many mickles make a muckle. — Ron Chernow

wash off the journey — Okey Ndibe

There is an old adage about gladiators, - that they plan their fight in the ring. — Seneca.

There's an old adage: the sensation of drowning reminds you of everything you ever knew about swimming. — Frederick Weisel

My mother used to always say to me, 'Do naught, get naught.' It's an adage that I hold by. If you don't do anything, you can't really expect anything. — Peter Hook

Just like the old adage
what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself
— Shannon Hale

I figured he was adhering to the adage that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't make fun of the person paying the mortgage. — Josh Kilmer-Purcell

There is an old adage: love thy neighbor, but don't get caught. — Jerry Lawler

Northwest adage that "the weather doesn't dictate what you do - it only dictates what you wear while you do it. — M.D. Grayson

What concerns me fundamentaly is a meteoric burlesk melodrama, born of the immemorial adage love will find a way. — E. E. Cummings

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich. — Lynda Obst

Mala hierba nunca muere. (Translations: Weeds never die. Bad grass never dies.) — Anonymous

That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind. — Alexander Hamilton

The juvenile adage Never kiss and tell had a sound moral instinct behind it. — Alexander McCall Smith

Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan. — Hilary Mantel

The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want to know.' — Julia Glass

Each of us is like all of us and like no one else. — Kamand Kojouri

That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true. — Yanni

As a professional broadcaster, I can tell you that over the course of my career, there is an adage: don't ever apologize. — Rush Limbaugh

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before. — Terri Windling

Have you heard the old adage advising to always grow oleanders at your back door? Nicci asked. — Terry Goodkind

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Be careful not to give too much credence to the old adage that time heals. Mark my word. It's God that heals. Time only tells. — Beth Moore

The old adage of forgive and forget became a trudge through quicksand on a beach as high tide crashed onto the shore. — I.E. Castellano

Something happens when your subconscious goes to work ... That's why 'Sleep on it' is an adage. — Jon Voight

As the old programming adage goes: you had a problem and tried to solve it using regular expressions. — Jeremy Walker