It's not just the adage write what you know.

First, apply the dictum of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) that it is better to let them do it than it is to try to do it better for them.

You may have heard the military dictum for the gathering of armies March to the sound of the guns.

We found the old adage, you know, The eyes are the window to the soul, absolutely true.

CAMBRIDGE, MA The maxim you are what you eat has defined dietary thinking for hundreds of years.

Syria s Assad dynasty, however, seems to believe that it can defy that dictum.

On this occasion, an old saying comes to mind Health is the crown on the heads of the healthy that is seen only by the sick .

I understand this timeless dictum as a statement about the problems, or more exactly the confusions, of consciousness.

As the old Chinese expression goes, qihu, nanxia Once one gets on the back of a tiger, it is hard to get off.

One can imagine that he is applying that old adage, Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

(As the old adage has it, banks only like to lend to those who do not need money.)

This Greek aphorism often comes to mind when I think of the economic and political changes in my lifetime. They seemed as impossible before they occurred as they have felt natural in retrospect.

And the adage that I'm referring to, that applied at that time, was that nothing comes down faster than a VTOL aircraft upside down.

There s wisdom, which Iran s leaders should heed, in the old adage that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Have no doubt today s markets rely heavily on the old adage that time heals all wounds.

I have here with me a dictum from social anthropology that I guard closely you learn a lot about any culture by the list of things that it is shocked by.

You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.

In her talk, Clinton evoked the ancient Chinese aphorism Tongzhou Gongji When on a common boat, cross the river peacefully together.

Moreover, following recent changes at the World Bank, the US is aiming to follow the classic doctor s dictum First, do no harm.

There s wisdom, which Iran s leaders should heed, in the old adage that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

I said, is there any validity to this whole adage that when you're making decisions, it's best to take the driver's seat, be in charge, be in control?

But even the Machiavellian dictum that a ruler should encourage his citizens fear rather than their love can go only so far. The most successful political leaders are skilled coalition builders.

And the adage that I'm referring to, that applied at that time, was that nothing comes down faster than a VTOL aircraft upside down.

At the invitation of the Chairperson, Ms. Artiga (El Salvador), Ms. Kaljuläte (Estonia), Mr. Dambajav (Mongolia) and Mr. Jølle (Norway) acted as tellers.

In 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary, was murdered in Berlin.

She died there on December 2, 1980.

This alludes to an ancient episode in which soldiers from the warring states of Wu and Yue found themselves on the same boat on a river in a storm and agreed to put down their arms to make a common passage.

Côte d'Ivoire is making its humble contribution to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, but we all know that, as the Ivorian adage says, one cannot ask a squatting frog for a chair.

Saint Rosa is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States.

(Signed) Rosa María Ostogain Etxeberria President of Euskal Fondoa Mayor of the Municipality of Berriz

A ghost runs around Cuba the Internet ghost Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado explains.

Santa Rosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.

The Bush administration s mistake, of course, is to neglect politics in its war calculations, or to follow blindly the dictum that war is politics by other means.

Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States.

Israel s lightning victory recalls Hegel s dictum about the impotence of the winners.

After the war, in 1949, Roza returned to Patras to obtain a new ID card.

Santa Rosa () is a city in the Argentine Pampas, and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina.

MADRID The English author and priest William Ralph Inge once said that A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it. Syria s Assad dynasty, however, seems to believe that it can defy that dictum.

Not so long ago, however, this saying was understood quite differently, indicating a profound shift in the way that we think about our diet and ourselves a shift that has powerful implications for current health debates.

Rosa longed for a world where justice would not be sacrificed in the name of freedom, nor freedom sacrificed in the name of justice.

Rosa Bobadilla, a woman who refused to be a man and in her own name fought more than a hundred battles

People in rich countries are undoubtedly familiar with the maxim that prevention is better than cure.

If one could secure ports, boundaries, et cetera, easily without having an impact on ordinary life, if one could improve security without causing inconvenience, then we would be able to fulfil Sun Zi's aphorism about war the greatest victory involves no casualties.

It s amazing, because you learn a lot from each other like cooking, like celebrating Shabbat, says Rosa Jellinek, 18.

Rosa María Britton is a Panamanian novelist born on July 28, 1936 in Panama City.