"They're formed under the old dictum that the enemy of an enemy is a friend of mine."

The old dictum says that simple things work best.

She recalled the old dictum: How can you tell when a lawyer's lying?

Literature from animal rights organizations quote the old dictum that you can judge a society by the way it treats its animals.

Remember the old dictum: Before you go out, look at the mirror and take off one piece.

One of the oldest dicta states that the simple plan is the flexible plan.

She didn't want to go; but Dieter seemed destined to act out the old dictum that there is at least a kind of certainty in degradation.

Keep to the dark in dark places had always been an old dictum of his fathers.

"I have learned indeed Harry Truman's old dictum that in Washington, if you need a friend, get a dog."

The old dictum has it that people get the governments they deserve.