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aphorisms
noun
(aph-o-rism)
a short pithy instructive saying
Synonyms:
apophthegm
,
apothegm
,
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apophthegm
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apothegm
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gnomes
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declarative sentence
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digressions
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shakespearean sonnet
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sonnets
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