Gnome (nome or no’-mee): One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings. Others include adage, apothegm, maxim, paroemia, proverb, and sententia.
Knowlege is power, but it won’t run a table saw.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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