aphorism's v's sayings like....

posted 2004 by Hannah Warwick-Thomas

" A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

" Never look a gift horse in the mouth"

" People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"

" The devil makes work for idle hands"

Recently, myself and some friends spent a fair few drunken hours, recanting as many of these type of sayings as possible. We thought the name for them was "aphorism's", certainly they tend to be "short wise saying's" (if not a little bizarre at times) but having arrived on this site have realised that they might not be.

Does anyone know the another more exclusive name for them?

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