pithy saying

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He didn’t do it while unfurling a poster of an eagle soaring across a pithy saying — “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way,” for instance.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019

Truly, the wise founder had a pithy saying for most, if not all, occasions.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

I ransacked all my classics, and met with many a wise and pithy saying, but not one pleased me.

From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine

He then asked modestly if I could give him any other pithy saying which would be worthy of remembrance.

From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron

A proverb is defined in one of the more popular dictionaries of our language as "a brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience."

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various