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He wants everyone to succeed and believes in the adage, 'a rising tide lifts all boats.'

Perhaps the most problematic aspect of the adage is the most obvious.

How fitting, then, that another Hagel—Chuck—is illustrating the adage today.

Reversing Von Clausewitz's adage, policy becomes an extension of war.

And the word “revenge” in this adage is understood to be other-than-literal.

At the same time, Mitt Romney and the Republicans should be mindful of the adage “Be careful what you wish for.”

He was cudgelling his brain to solve the problem represented by the adage "Two is company, three is none."

He was one of the fools who devote their lives to disproving the adage that experience teaches them.

Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' like the poor cat i' the adage.

It was a first love of mine, and, as the adage says, 'only revient toujours.'

"Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i' the adage," never can produce results.