What Are Some Adages?
An Adage Is a Concise, Memorable, and Usually Philosophical Aphorism That Communicates an Important Truth Derived from Experience, Custom, or Both, and That...
An adage is a concise, memorable, and usually philosophical aphorism that communicates an important truth derived from experience, custom, or both, and that many people consider true and credible because of its longeval tradition, i.e. being handed down generation to generation, or memetic replication.
What are common adages?
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- Opposites attract.
- Don't judge a book by its cover.
- The clothes make the man.
- The early bird gets the worm.
- Better late than never.
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Better safe than sorry.
What is an example of a adages?
"A penny saved is a penny earned." "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." "Eat to live, and not live to eat." "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
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