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Definition of apothegm : Alt. of Apophthegm

Synonyms:

axiom, truism, maxim, word, apophthegm, adage, byword, saw, sententia, aphorism, proverb, motto, saying, dictum, epigram, precept

Usage examples:

• " Let no one deem himself happy before his end," were the words of Solon; and here was a new and brilliant proof of the wisdom of the old apothegm. - "Andersen's Fairy Tales", Hans Christian Andersen.
• To Lord Wellington has been attributed the remark that he did not want zeal in a soldier, and to Napoleon the apothegm that Providence is on the side of the heavy battalions. - "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)", Jefferson Davis.
• That scoffer, Lescarbot, would dispose of the ancient city of Norumbega as Voltaire would have disposed of the Christian religion- with a sarcasm; but, if there be truth in the apothegm that " seeing is believing," the forerunners of Champlain came, saw, and made a note of it. - "Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast", Samuel Adams Drake.