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- noun Plural form of
adage .
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Examples
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But one of the old adages is that a tepid vote counts the same as a wildly enthusiastic one.
As midterms near, Obama works to re-ignite 2008 enthusiasm in Philadelphia Nia-Malika Henderson 2010
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Simple adages, pithy slogans, fortune cookie wisdom, the Torah itself: all are places that trying to inspire us humans to act different, to be different, to live different, put a little love in your heart.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Put A Little Love In Your Heart: Jewish Wisdom For Global Healing Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011
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Apparently such “old Earth” adages as “a penny for your thoughts” and “in for a penny, in for a pound” will persist into the distant future.
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• Poking fun at various homespun adages, a column said: Take heart.
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Steal of the draft No. 2: Before he said anything else about Jones, Reese recalled one of the first adages Tom Boisture, the Giants' late director of player personnel, taught him as a young scout: "respect production."
Giants' Class Helps Solidify Special Teams Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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Simple adages, pithy slogans, fortune cookie wisdom, the Torah itself: all are places that trying to inspire us humans to act different, to be different, to live different, put a little love in your heart.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Put A Little Love In Your Heart: Jewish Wisdom For Global Healing Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011
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Like many adages, this one strikes me as grossly simplistic at best, and dangerous at worst.
The Asset-Allocation Fallacy James B. Stewart 2011
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Simple adages, pithy slogans, fortune cookie wisdom, the Torah itself: all are places that trying to inspire us humans to act different, to be different, to live different, put a little love in your heart.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Put A Little Love In Your Heart: Jewish Wisdom For Global Healing Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011
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Simple adages, pithy slogans, fortune cookie wisdom, the Torah itself: all are places that trying to inspire us humans to act different, to be different, to live different, put a little love in your heart.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Put A Little Love In Your Heart: Jewish Wisdom For Global Healing Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011
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It's one of the oldest adages in Washington: Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president.
With Thune out, Senate contenders for White House seem unlikely in 2012 2011
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