プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
かくげん【格言】
〔ことわざ〕a proverb; 〔言い習わし〕a saying; 〔処世訓〕a maxim
- 格言いわく「歳月人を待たず」
「According to a maxim, [As the proverb has it,／As the proverb says,／There is a saying that] “Time and tide wait for no man.” - 格言の言う通り急がば回れだよ
Make haste slowly, as the saying goes.