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ADAGE

107 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-06-14"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "Out of sight, out of mind"
2026-02-02Common saying
2025-08-21Just saying?
2025-07-13"A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g.
2024-12-30"The early bird gets the worm," for one
2024-10-21"A rolling stone gathers no moss," e.g.
2024-08-05Proverb
2023-11-03Relative of an apothegm
2023-03-13"Better late than never," for one
2022-06-02Saw
2022-04-04Proverbial saying
2022-01-09"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest," e.g.
2021-06-23"Curiosity killed the cat," e.g.
2021-04-10"Opposites attract," for one
2021-03-08"What goes up must come down," e.g.
2020-03-15"Waste not, want not," e.g.
2020-02-13Saying
2020-02-05"Curiosity killed the cat," e.g.
2020-01-14"Time is money," e.g.
2019-11-21"Fish and visitors stink after three days," for one
2019-10-23Maxim
2019-09-03"Don't judge a book by its cover," for instance
2019-02-23Words to live by
2018-10-12Many a line from Benjamin Franklin
2017-11-09Saw
2017-04-02Apothegm
2016-11-03Saying
2016-10-09"Poor Richard's Almanack" offering
2016-09-07"Look before you leap," e.g.
2015-12-06Timeworn words
2015-11-20What may follow "they say"
2015-10-12Wise saying
2015-06-25Bit of folk wisdom
2015-05-03Bit of folk wisdom
2015-01-11"Better safe than sorry," e.g.
2014-07-16"If the shoe fits, wear it," e.g.
2014-04-16Saw
2014-03-31Proverb
2013-08-26"A penny saved is a penny earned," e.g.
2013-06-16Cliché, often
2013-02-05"Honey catches more flies than vinegar," e.g.
2012-08-20"Honesty is the best policy," e.g.
2012-08-05"Time is money," e.g.
2012-04-11Bit of wisdom
2012-01-26Saw
2011-03-08"Time is money," e.g.
2011-01-28It may become a cliché
2010-12-24Saw
2010-10-31"Love is blind," e.g.
2009-12-22Item in "Poor Richard's Almanack"
2009-11-08"Still waters run deep," for example
2009-04-08"Poor Richard's Almanack" bit
2009-01-25Saw
2009-01-10Oft-repeated words
2008-11-11"Time is money," for one
2008-09-27Sometime sampler stitching
2008-03-26Bit of wisdom
2008-01-29Bit of wisdom
2007-11-15Bit of old wisdom
2007-07-12Part of Poor Richard's Almanack
2006-09-07Bit of wisdom
2005-06-13Maxim
2005-05-23Saying
2004-10-04Proverb
2004-01-07Poor Richard's Almanack item
2003-09-08Wise saying
2003-08-20You can say that again
2003-06-29Saw
2003-01-26Often-quoted line
2002-11-05Old saw
2002-10-20"Time is money," e.g.
2002-01-31Saw
2001-08-19Byword
2001-03-07Saw
2001-03-06"Time is money," e.g.
2000-12-20Saw
2000-12-11"Beggars can't be choosers," e.g.
2000-11-20"Don't cry over spilt milk," e.g.
2000-10-29Encapsulated observation
2000-08-28"Measure twice, cut once," e.g.
1999-09-27Saying
1999-08-19Saw
1999-05-11Saying
1999-05-08Saw
1999-03-07Words of wisdom
1999-01-12"Waste not, want not," e.g.
1998-09-07"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," e.g.
1998-08-31"Too many cooks spoil the broth," e.g.
1998-06-07Words of wisdom
1998-03-28Saw
1998-01-18"Love thy neighbor" is one
1997-01-18Saw
1997-01-03"Haste makes waste," e.g.
1996-11-20"Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g.
1996-09-18Saw
1996-05-03Dull saw, maybe
1996-04-22Proverb
1996-02-08Words of wisdom
1995-11-27Maxim
1995-10-03Proverb
1995-08-22Words of wisdom
1995-05-22"Let sleeping dogs lie," e.g.
1995-02-19Saw
1994-09-25Saw
1994-02-21Saw
1994-01-25Words to live by
1994-01-11Saw