apothegm
Example Sentences
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The fact that it was the manipulative monster Chairman Mao who said, “All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience,” does not make the apothegm less true.
From New York Times
These go by other names too: maxim, apothegm, dictum, epigram, gnome, and sentence.
From The New Yorker
One of my father’s favorite apothegms was that “you can’t argue with success.”
His most famous apothegm—“What you see is what you see”—is no help, if seeing is supposed to imply comprehending.
From The New Yorker
On Saturday, Broner apologized for his language, invoking an apothegm of his own invention.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
