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Wisdom compressed into a sentence small enough to survive being repeated by strangers.
means Short, well-known expressions that state a truth, belief, or piece of advice in memorable form.
from From Old English secgan, to say — a saying is literally a thing said, repeated until it hardened into a fixture.
Survival traitRhythm and rhyme help them outlive their authors.
Biblical brandProverbs is an entire book of them.
Frequent abuseOften quoted confidently while badly misremembered.