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A type of saying used to

condense important lessons,
often proverbial in nature.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Short Pitchy Poetic Provocative

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P ROVERBIAL

C OMMON
Good things come in small packages.

Omission of good is a commission of evil.

You cant teach an old dog new tricks.

In doing what we ought we deserve no

praise, because it is our duty.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

(L ESSER -K NOWN )

The pity of tears only is too waterish to do

any good.

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
Adage Apothegm Maxim
Paroemia Proverb Sententia