(n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of the great cautionary adages of our culture is: "Be careful what you wish for; you might just get it."
(2) What does the slung-about, bounced-around adage that "Politics is show-business for ugly people" actually mean?
(3) Certainly, the galvanising call for submissions brings to mind that inclusive Varsovian adage: “The entire nation builds its capital.” For Warsaw’s reconstruction, though, it was the work of a single artist that provided the crucial blueprint.
(4) It reminds me of the old adage that we teach people how to treat us.
(5) Depending on your tastes, that verdict might either bring to mind Marx’s adage about history being repeated first as tragedy then farce, or the immortal words of Jay Gatsby: “Can’t repeat the past?
(6) The old adage, "You are what you eat," is not always reliable, as demonstrated in this mixed-longitudinal study of men that began in 1969.
(7) Working with researchers at the University of Surrey and being exposed to the wealth of evidence out there, it is clear to me that the old adage "rest is best" no longer applies.
(8) It has some commentators repeating an old adage about newspapers, repeated by Bill Clinton when he was president: "Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."
(9) You can only beat what’s put in front of you, as the old adage goes … but the Potters’ recent run of fixtures could scarcely have been kinder: Bournemouth are the only side inside the top 10 they have played in over two months and they beat Mark Hughes’s men.
(10) At the time I thought it was a clever inversion of an old adage, referring to Labour's 18 years in opposition.
(11) As in Aesop's adage, the ego ideal is at the source of the best and the worst of things.
(12) The three dimensional display capabilities of the Adage AGT-30 are used to present the reconstructed structures.
(13) As the African adage says, “a man must be like a flowering pole, he must grow wherever he is planted”.
(14) Diane Abbott is Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Simon Danczuk Simon Danczuk: 'Voters want a party they can trust on immigration' There's an old adage in politics that if you don't think you can win an argument, be sure to change the subject.
(15) Two-and-a-half years on, and regulators have lived up to the adage that those who don't learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them.
(16) That’s why the government guidelines don’t say, ‘Don’t drink’; they say, ‘OK drink, but only modestly.’ It’s like a little of what doesn’t kill you cures you.” This adage also applies in an unexpected place – to broccoli, the luvvie of the high-street “superfood” detox salad.
(17) Don’t sterilise everything that comes into contact with your child’s mouth, within reason.” In fact, the one piece of advice Arrieta offers mothers is to forget the adage “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” “One thing I don’t do any more – and wish others would stop – is carrying a hand sanitiser gel.
(18) Caraiva, Bahia Steven Chew, contributing editor Conde Nast Traveller There's an adage with remote Brazilian beaches: first go the hippies, then the yachties, then the French ... Caraiva is still at the happy-hippy stage of discovery and even then only for a brief period in the summer.
(19) The adage "do no harm" should be kept in mind in the counseling, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV-infected individuals.
(20) Baseball fans are familiar with the old adage “pitching wins championships”.
Motto
Definition:
(n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
(n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(2) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(3) The disease exemplifies the validity of the Royal Veterinary College motto Venienti occurrite morbo (treat the disease at its first appearance).
(4) Harry describes her as “a total kid through and through”, whose motto was “you can be as naughty as you want, just don’t get caught”.
(5) The phrase "time to water the tree of liberty" - a reference to a famous quotation from Thomas Jefferson, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - is also frequently used by a right wing group called Stormfront , motto White Pride World Wide.
(6) Brandishing images of what Virgin "lounges" might look like – similar to a stark yet trendy hotel restaurant – Gadhia admits that her other motto for running the business is "wanting to make everyone better off".
(7) "Our new motto is to help people feed themselves," Josette Sheeran, the executive director of the WFP, told China's state news agency .
(8) I used to be about fast food but now I’m about salad,” said Manuel Barra, 22, a star member of the the Green Leaf Killer team (motto: Ride.
(9) It incants the motto of the Bill Shankly school of cliche: that football is not a matter of life and death, it is far more important.
(10) Team GB has a motto, which has adorned the back of thousands of souvenir shirts at the park and beyond, "Better never stops".
(11) My motto is, it’s the council’s property, but it’s my home,” he says.
(12) He also adopted a motto he had learned in medical school: heal frequently, cure sometimes, comfort always.
(13) Back in the early 1990s, President Bill Clinton rode to power on the strength of one savvy motto: "It's the economy, stupid."
(14) Never knowingly undersold is a weak motto unless it includes never knowingly underpaying a workforce.
(15) Its official motto is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life , but it is sponsored by corporate giants like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.
(16) The motto was used by Nazi Waffen-SS soldiers during the second world war and is banned in a number of countries including Germany and Austria.
(17) His appeal to the Labour party members tends to involve him brandishing his party card and affirming his loyalty to its motto: Putting power, wealth and opportunity into the hands of the many.
(18) Inspired by her motto, "You can have a job and a baby and style and a body", it's an eclectic mix of advice and tips from models, fashion insiders and working parents.
(19) His motto in recent days has been the words of US preacher Joyce Meyer: "You can't defeat Goliath with your mouth shut."
(20) (“What Hitler started the Corporation finished,” was the city’s motto.)