Gnomic

-- Gnomic, that is sententious, poetry, which, it has been indicated, very early enjoyed high appreciation among the Indians, long continued to obtain their approval.

Initiation into Literature ��mile Faguet 1881

Gnomic and subversive, her poems are shots of triple-distilled whiskey that jolt going down, then radiate, leaving us wide-eyed and slightly fuddled.

Emily's Ambassador Bill Christophersen 2008

It is used to denote _a general truth_, i.e. something true not merely in the present but at all times ( 'Gnomic Present'); as, -- virtūs conciliat amīcitiās et cōnservat, _virtue establishes ties of friendship and maintains them_ (i.e. always does so).

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to.

The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907

- S.Chron. _, ed. Earle-Plummer; _Gnomic Verses_, etc.l. 1914.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Cf. ceastra ... orðanc enta geweorc, _Gnomic Verses_, l. 2;

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

- S.Chron. _, ed. Earle-Plummer; _Gnomic Verses_, etc.l. 1914.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

This is the ælces mannes wyrd of Boethius (Sw., p. 44) and the wyrd bið swîðost of Gnomic Verses, 5.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Cf. ceastra ... orðanc enta geweorc, _Gnomic Verses_, l. 2;

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

This is the ǣlces mannes wyrd of Boethius (Sw., p. 44) and the wyrd bið swīðost of Gnomic Verses, 5.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879