a short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim

English - Turkish

Definition of a short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of a short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim in English English dictionary

apophthegm

Which means roughly that business keeps one safe from love—ominous talk when one’s lover is a courtesan. I hoped that it was just another literary conceit I ought to know. (It is, I later learned, an apothegm by Ovid.).

Hyphenation

a short, witty, in·struc·tive saying; an aph·o·rism or Max·im