Paroemia (pa-ri’-mi-a): One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings. Others include adage, apothegm, gnome, maxim, proverb, and sententia.
“It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.”
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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