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.
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience it's a common maxim that âa watched pot never boils,â but that's not literally true Synonyms adage, aphorism, apothegm, byword, epigram, saying, proverb, saw, sententia, wordRelated Words bromide, clichÃ© (also cliche), commonplace, platitude, wheeze; expression, felicity; axiom, ...