Proverbs
['prɔvə:bz]
Definition
(noun.) an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon).
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Examples
- Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendoes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I kept myself up with proverbs as long as I could; Pride must abide,--and such wholesome pieces of pith; but it was of no use. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Another from the Proverbs of Solomon, speaking of wisdom or virtue: Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and honour. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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