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.
A proverb is a statement of practical wisdom expressed in a simple way. An example of a proverb is âA stitch in time saves nine,â which means that doing something in a timely way saves you from having to do more work later. An adage is a well-known proverb that has been used for a long time.