Definition: Short popular sayings effectively expressing or astutely professing general truths or useful thoughts. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p97, p1556)
includes fables & maxims; do not confuse with Publication Type APHORISMS AND PROVERBS
Other names Proverbs as Topics; Fables as Topics; Proverbs as Topic; Proverbs and Aphorisms as Topic; Fables as Topic