adage

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An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.

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

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

The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden with emotion that discussion can quickly turn to shouting. Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination. John Danforth

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

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

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.' Chelsea Clinton

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