maxim
 max'-im from L. maximus “greatest proposition” = Gk. axiom

  One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings. Others include apothegm, gnome, paroemia, proverb, and sententia.

See Also

Sources: Ad Herennium 4.17.24 ("sententia")



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