The first of these latter-day prophets was Joseph Smith, a man God called as a prophet in 1830 in much the same way as He chose the ancient prophets and apostlesâfrom among the most humble and unlikely of candidates.
adage. A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true: aphorism, byword, maxim, motto, proverb, saw, saying.
Brain (22,552). It is what it is, has become an all-purpose cliche used by celebrities, sports figures, politicians and population in general. In 1949, the adage was used in the Nebraska State Journal. In 1919, Edward Hegeler of The Monist, Vol 29, used the phrase in reference to a stick.