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The personal is political the political is personal that adage only applies to a part of his work. en.wikipedia.org

There's an old, old adage that refs don't make those calls in the last seconds. en.wikipedia.org

A middle path between secularism and religion: spiritual but not religious and this popular book explains what this adage means. en.wikipedia.org

A more recent discussion of the adage and its converse sees cases that have received special attention as the recipient of more care. en.wikipedia.org

The two families live next door to each other and ascribe to the adage that good fences make good neighbors. en.wikipedia.org

There is an old adage that ignorance is bliss, and such is the case for this woman. en.wikipedia.org

So when the destination is directly into the wind the best strategy is given by the racing adage tack on a header. en.wikipedia.org

Finally, the case demonstrated an old adage: bringing a libel suit is generally a poor way to burnish a reputation. en.wikipedia.org

When it is explained, the humour and shock of the mild expletive help make the adage memorable. en.wikipedia.org

A paradigm of this theory can be expressed in the adage the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. en.wikipedia.org

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