Short pithy saying (7)

I believe the answer is:

proverb

(Other definitions for proverb that I've seen before include "Saying of great truth" , "'Adage, saw (7)'" , "Aphorism" , "Well-known statement incorporating general truth" , "Maxim" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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