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Maxim: (1) an instructional expression of a general principle or rule of morality or (2) simply a synonym for "aphorism"; they include: Brocard. Gnome. Legal maxim. Motto: a saying used frequently by a person or group to summarize its general mission. Credo: a motto implicitly or explicitly extended to express a larger belief system.
Category:Adages. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adages. The main article for this category is Adage. An adage is a short, but memorable saying, which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or it has gained some credibility through its long use.
Likewise, an annulment is a judicial declaration of the invalidity or nullity of a marriage ab initio: the so-called marriage was "no thing" (Latin: nullius, from which the word "nullity" derives) and never existed, except perhaps in name only. ab intestato: from an intestate
This too shall pass. " This too shall pass " ( Persian: این نیز بگذرد, romanized : īn nīz bogzarad) is an adage about impermanence of Persian origin. It reflects the temporary nature, or ephemerality, of the human condition — that neither the negative nor the positive moments in life ever indefinitely last. The general sentiment ...
Many a true word is spoken in jest; Many hands make light work; March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb; Marriages are made in heaven [15] [16] [17] Marry in haste, repent at leisure; Memory is the treasure of the mind; Men are blind in their own cause – Heywood Broun (1888–1939), American journalist
Wikiquote has quotations related to Rome. "Rome wasn't built in a day" is an adage attesting to the need for time to create great things. It is the usual English translation of a medieval French phrase, Rome ne fu [t] pas faite toute en un jour, from the collection Li Proverbe au Vilain, published around 1190. [1]
An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. [ 1] Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation. The concept is generally distinct from those of an adage ...
Finders, keepers. Finders, keepers, sometimes extended as the children's rhyme finders, keepers; losers, weepers, is an English adage with the premise that when something is unowned or abandoned, whoever finds it first can claim it for themself permanently. The phrase relates to an ancient Roman law of similar meaning and has been expressed in ...