- See also: Category:Adages
A saying is any concisely written or spoken expression that is especially memorable because of its meaning or style. Sayings are categorized as follows:
- Aphorism: a general, observational truth; "a pithy expression of wisdom or truth".
- Adage, proverb, or saw: a widely known or popular aphorism that has gained credibility by long use or tradition.
- Apophthegm: "an edgy, more cynical aphorism; such as, 'Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.'"
- Epigram: a clever and often poetic written saying that comments on a specific person, idea, or thing; it especially denominates such a saying that is conspicuously put at the beginning of a text.
- Maxim: (1) an instructional expression of a general principle or rule of morality or (2) simply a synonym for "aphorism"; they include:
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A pints a pound the world around
- 1 pint = 473.176473 ml = 473.176473 grams = 1.04317556 pounds
One bad apple spoils the barrel
- Based upon the effect of one apple ripening (or rotting) and emitting ethylene which accelerates the ripening and senescense of apples stored with it.
Thirty days hath November,
April, June, and September.
With 28 there is only one.
All the rest have thirty-one
Righty, tighty. Lefty, loosey
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