Her impact in the zing commercials had led to her being considered for an excellent part in an upcoming TV series, Underwater Western Eye, a documentary-type show to be sponsored by Oatnut Grits.

And in the hunting land, this hunger was considered to be a noble thing.

No doubt such a thing would be considered unpatriotic.

`` As an independent American I considered all who were not for us, and you amongst the rest, as against us, yet be assured that John Jay never ceased to be the friend of Peter Van Schaack ''.

But, for practical purposes, we have people who can be considered as such.

But, considered within technical astronomy, a different pattern can be traced.

Dr. Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century Magazine or Harper's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The Messenger, `` so our readers will be benefited instead ''.

Cried Wright, showing that automobiles were considered to be a danger as early as the 1920's.

To you, for instance, the word innocence, in this connotation, probably retained its Biblical, or should I say technical sense, and therefore I suppose I must make myself quite clear by saying that I lost -- or rather handed over -- what you would have considered to be my innocence two weeks before I was legally entitled, and in fact by oath required, to hand it over along with what other goods and bads I had.

`` the matters to be considered are obviously of a grave character, and I therefore respectfully request that the hearing be postponed for two weeks in order that I might make adequate preparation ''.

After allowing for group exposures, it is apparent that other factors must be considered if we are to comprehend fanaticism.

If it is not one of his best books, it can only be considered unsatisfactory when compared with his own Garibaldi.

She ended her letter with the assurance that she considered his friendship for her daughter and herself to be an honor, from which she could not part `` without still more pain ''.

This is not to assume that his work was without merit, but the validity of his assumptions concerning the meaning of history must always be considered against this background of an unprofessional approach.

The national average is more than $4 and that figure is considered by experts in the mental health field to be too low.

so, all things considered, the highway commissioners would seem to be elected.

He will be considered not only great among his contemporaries, but as great among all the Americans who have played a part in the country's history since the beginning.

Two cities to be considered, Providence and Cranston, are an enigma.

As was said in Gonzales, `` it is the Appeal Board which renders the selective service determination considered ' final ' in the courts, not to be overturned unless there is no basis in fact.

But there are other contentions which might be considered more difficult.

In most cases service in the Corps will probably be considered a ground for temporary deferment.

This broad delegation leaves within our discretion ( subject to the always-present criterion of the public interest ) both the determination of what degree of interference shall be considered excessive, and the methods by which such excessive interference shall be avoided.

It resembles, too, pictures such as Durer and Bruegel did, in which all that looks at first to be solely pictorial proves on inspection to be also literary, the representation of a proverb, for example, or a deadly sin.

( The plural " friends " still but rarely may be used for " kinsfolk ", as in the Scottish proverb Friends agree best at a distance, quoted in 1721.

Defendants recall the ancient Chinese proverb ' Wealth does not pass three generations ', suggesting that the nepotism or cronyism of elitists will eventually be, and often are, replaced by those lower down the hierarchy.

A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim.

The study of proverbs is called: paremiology ( from Greek παροιμία-paroimía, " proverb ") and can be dated back as far as Aristotle.

Further typical features of the proverb are its shortness ( average: seven words ), and the fact that its author is generally unknown ( otherwise it would be a quotation ).

It is embraced as a true local proverb in many places and should not be excluded in any collection of proverbs because it is shared by the neighbors.

However, though it has gone through multiple languages and millennia, the proverb can be traced back to an ancient Babylonian proverb ( Pritchard 1958: 146 ).

Many Spanish proverbs have a long history of cultural diffusion ; there are proverbs, for example, that have their origin traced to Babylon and that have come down to us through Greece and Rome ; equivalents of the Spanish proverb “ En boca cerrada no entran moscas ” ( Silence is golden ) belong to the cultural tradition of many north-African countries as far as Ethiopia ; having gone through multiple languages and millennia, this proverb can be traced back to an ancient Babylonian proverb.

Early in 1940, he was trained for a commission after, whilst working in a kitchen, answering the question of an inspecting brigadier with a Greek proverb ; on several occasions, he told colleagues that he expected to be at least a major-general by the end of the war.

And the causes of these varied fortunes, according to all probability, are to be found in the reasons of providence, though it is not easy for men to ascertain these ; but I have said what I have done by way of digression from the main body of my subject, on account of the proverb, that ' such is the power of faith, because it seizes that which first presents itself.

* proverb: Succinct or pithy expression of what is commonly observed and believed to be true

The proverb was apparently based on an anecdote about Ibycus stupidly or nobly turning down an opportunity to become tyrant of Rhegium in order to pursue a poetic career instead ( one modern scholar however infers from his poetry that Ibycus was in fact wise enough to avoid the lure of supreme power, citing as an example Plato's quotation from one of his lyrics: " I am afraid it may be in exchange for some sin before the gods that I get honour from men ") There is no other information about Ibycus ' activities in the West, apart from an account by Himerius, that he fell from his chariot while travelling between Catana and Himera and injured his hand badly enough to give up playing the lyre " for some considerable time.

Although " proverb " and " saying " are practically synonymous, the same cannot be said about " idiomatic phrase " and " four-character idiom ".

For example, a Bradj ( pre-Hindi ) proverb says, " Chiraag tale andhera ", " the darkness is under the oil-lamp ( chiraag )", meaning that what you seek could be close but unnoticed, in various senses ( and indeed, a lamp's container casts shadow )

Cats, a Calvinist, translated the proverb into a moralizing message ; parents must be mindful of their actions and words, because children will copy their elders.

The national proverb is, " A person living under a stilted house, eat sticky rice, listen to any music related to Lam or Morlam, and play the Khene is likely to be Lao or associated with Lao people.

Some say that the original proverb should actually be " 狗咬呂洞賓 ， 不識好人心 ," stemming from a story about the friendship between Gou Miao ( 狗咬 ) and Lü Dongbin, who both did for the other great favors, each of which seemed like a disservice initially, signifying the importance of having faith in one's friends.

The sign for Gus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call's Hat Creek Cattle Company includes a Latin motto, " Uva Uvam Vivendo Varia Fit ," which appears to be a reference to a proverb first attributed to Juvenal.