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Example sentences for: proverb

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In 1971 the late Russian paremiologist, G. Permiakov, tried to establish a proverb minimum, and he found that every Russian adult knew more than 800 proverbs and sayings.
Which goes to show that for every proverb for proclaiming in public, there are a couple more for muttering in private.
..” including, as far as I know, the age-old proverb, “Where there's life, there's hope.”
“ Think nothing splendid,” says an old Japanese proverb, “until you’ve seen Nikko. ”
Behind the telling proverb is a salutary regard for something infinitely more powerful.