pithy+saying
61literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
62Proverbs — Book of Proverbs † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Proverbs One of the Sapiential writings of the Old Testament placed in the Hebrew Bible among the Hagiographa, and found in the Vulgate after the books of Psalms and Job. I. NAMES …
63Know thyself — For other uses, see Know thyself (disambiguation). Gnothi seauton redirects here. For other uses see Gnothi seauton (disambiguation) A stained glass window in a public building in Ludwigshafen, Germany with the contracted version γνῶθι σαυτόν.… …
64Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range …
65maxim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Saying Nouns 1. maxim, aphorism, gnome, apothegm, dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot, motto, catchphrase, word, moral, byword, household word; axiom, theorum, scholium, truism, truth,… …
66aphorism — (n.) 1520s (especially in reference to the Aphorisms of Hippocrates ), from M.Fr. aphorisme (14c., aufforisme), from L.L. aphorismus, from Gk. aphorismos definition, pithy sentence, from aphorizein to mark off, divide, from apo from (see APO (Cf …
67Moses in rabbinic literature — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… …
68aphorism — aphorismic, aphorismatic /af euh riz mat ik/, adj. /af euh riz euhm/, n. a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Acton). [1520 30; F aphorisme < LL… …
69Mark 2 — For other uses, see Mark II (disambiguation). Gospel of Mark Mark 1 Mark 2 Mark 3 Mark 4 Mark 5 Mark 6 Mark 7 Mark 8 Mark 9 Mark 10 Mark 11 Mark 12 Mark 13 Mark 14 …
70adage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proverb, saw, saying, aphorism, motto, maxim. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. aphorism, saying, maxim; see proverb , saying . See Synonym Study at saying . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.… …
