Adage (ad’-age): One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings, or traditional expressions of conventional wisdom.
“When the going gets tough, it’s time to go home.” Joe Mellow (From One Cop-Out to the Next: The Virtues of Broken Promises)
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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