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A proverb or maxim.
- 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
  There is a Chinese saying: "One who does not know how to smile has no business to be in business." How much truer is this of people engaged in the business of diplomacy!
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- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
  Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together.
  Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.
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- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:saying.
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#SAYING) That which is said; an utterance.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying,
  Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.
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Synonyms

maxim, proverb, saw, expression
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proverb or maxim

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Arabic: قَوْل m (qawl)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#SAYING
Hijazi Arabic: قول m (gōl)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#SAYING
Armenian: առած (hy) (aṙac)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#SAYING
Belarusian: пры́маўка f (prýmawka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#SAYING, пры́казка f (prýkazka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#SAYING, прысло́ўе n (pryslówje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#SAYING
Bulgarian: погово́рка (bg) f (pogovórka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SAYING, пословица (bg) f (poslovica)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SAYING
Catalan: dita (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SAYING, proverbi (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SAYING
Chinese:
Mandarin: 說法 / 说法 (zh) (shuōfǎ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SAYING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SAYING, 諺語 / 谚语 (zh) (yànyǔ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SAYING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SAYING, 常言 (zh) (chángyán)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SAYING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SAYING
Czech: rčení (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SAYING, přísloví (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SAYING
Dutch: gezegde (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SAYING, spreekwoord (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SAYING
Esperanto: sentencoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SAYING
Finnish: sanonta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SAYING
French: dicton (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#SAYING
Galician: dito (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SAYING
German: Sprichwort (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#SAYING, Ausspruch (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#SAYING, Redensart (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SAYING
Greek: απόφθεγμα (el) n (apófthegma)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SAYING, παροιμία (el) f (paroimía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SAYING, ρητό (el) n (ritó)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SAYING
Ancient Greek: παροιμία f (paroimía)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SAYING
Hungarian: mondás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SAYING, közmondás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SAYING, szólásmondás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SAYING
Indonesian: pepatah (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SAYING
Interlingua: dictoCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#SAYING, proverbioCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#SAYING
Irish: nath mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SAYING
Italian: proverbio (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SAYING, detto (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SAYING, massima (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SAYING
Japanese: 格言 (ja) (かくげん, kakugen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SAYING
Korean: 격언 (ko) (gyeogeon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SAYING, 속담 (ko) (sokdam)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SAYING
Latin: dictum (la) nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SAYING, fatus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SAYING, ēlogium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SAYING
Luxembourgish: Sprachwuert nCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#SAYING, Sproch (lb) mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#SAYING
Macedonian: поговорка f (pogovorka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SAYING, изрека f (izreka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SAYING, пословица f (poslovica)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SAYING
Malayalam: പഴമൊഴി (ml) (paḻamoḻi)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#SAYING, പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല് (ml) (paḻañcollŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#SAYING
Māori: tūātauCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SAYING, whakapepehaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SAYING, kīangaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SAYING, tongikuraCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SAYING ((if made by a king))
Plautdietsch: Saj fCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#SAYING
Polish: powiedzenie (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#SAYING
Portuguese: ditado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SAYING, provérbio (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SAYING
Romanian: zicală (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SAYING, proverb (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#SAYING, zicătoare (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SAYING
Russian: посло́вица (ru) f (poslóvica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SAYING, погово́рка (ru) f (pogovórka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SAYING, при́сказка (ru) f (prískazka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SAYING, присло́вье (ru) n (prislóvʹje)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SAYING
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: poslovica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SAYING, izreka (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SAYING
Slovak: rčenie plCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#SAYING, príslovie nCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#SAYING
Spanish: dicho (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SAYING, proverbio (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SAYING, refrán (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SAYING, retraher mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SAYING, adagio (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SAYING
Swahili: msemo (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#SAYING
Swedish: talesätt (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SAYING, ordspråk (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SAYING, ordstäv (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SAYING (dated)
Tagalog: sabiCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#SAYING, kasabihanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#SAYING
Turkish: atasözü (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SAYING, özdeyiş (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SAYING
Ukrainian: при́казка f (prýkazka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SAYING, прислі́в'я (uk) n (pryslívʺja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SAYING
Urdu: کہاوت (kahāvat)Category:Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#SAYING Category:Terms with Urdu translations#SAYING
Vietnamese: câu nói (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAYING
Walloon: spot (wa) mCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#SAYING, dijhêye (wa) fCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#SAYING
Welsh: dywediad (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#SAYING
Yiddish: שפּריכוואָרט (yi) n (shprikhvort)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#SAYING, פֿאָלקסווערטל n (folksvertl)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#SAYING, וועלטסווערטל n (veltsvertl)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#SAYING

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