1. proverb - Noun
2. proverb - Verb
An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others. Pliny the Elder
The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. Thomas Szasz
There is a southern proverb fine words butter no parsnips. Walter Scott
Somalis don't say a false proverb. Somali Proverb
A proverb can't be judged. Russian Proverb
A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. Panamanian Proverb