a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context; as an adjective, means either given to aphoristic expression, or just referring to an aphoristic expression. or: 'in a way that tries to sound important or intelligent, especially by expressing moral judgements'
the place of a sententious injunction that always feigns to speak like the just
the place of a sententious injunction that always feigns to speak like the just
(noun) a beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition