aphorism
noun
[ ˈafərɪz(ə)m ]
• a pithy observation which contains a general truth.
• "the old aphorism ‘the child is father to the man’"
Similar:
saying,
maxim,
axiom,
adage,
precept,
epigram,
epigraph,
dictum,
gnome,
pearl of wisdom,
proverb,
saw,
tag,
motto,
expression,
phrase,
formula,
apophthegm,
Origin:
early 16th century: from French aphorisme or late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos ‘definition’, from aphorizein ‘define’.
