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 sententious tracts of the Gilded Age had always been aimed at breadwinners and would-be financiers, which is to say, at men
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