"Aphoristical" Quotes from Famous Books
... settled principle, accepted principle, formula. accepted fact. received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim &c; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying &c. Adj. aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric[obs3]; axiomatic, gnomic. Adv. as the saying goes, as the ... — Roget's Thesaurus |