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Proverb (5)

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(Other definitions for maxim that I've seen before include "Old machine-gun" , "Gorky saw" , "Apophthegm" , "Short pithy saying" , "Brief expression of a general principle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail, The Sun, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The New York Times, The Guardian and The Mirror.
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