pithy saying
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He didn’t do it while unfurling a poster of an eagle soaring across a pithy saying — “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way,” for instance.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2019
Truly, the wise founder had a pithy saying for most, if not all, occasions.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Maxim, maks′im, n. a general principle, serving as a rule or guide: a pithy saying: a proverb.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Aphorism, af′or-izm, n. a concise statement of a principle in any science: a brief, pithy saying: an adage.—v.t. and v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The French have a clever and pithy saying, that of—"On peut tout dire à un grand peuple."
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
