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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| epigram | /xx | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| dictum | /x | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| adage | /x | Noun |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| platitude | /xx | Noun |
| epigraph | xx/ | Noun |
| mantra | /x | Noun |
| paraphrase | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| credo | /x | Noun |
| admonition | xx/x | Noun |
| philosophy | x/xx | Noun |
| motto | /x | Noun |
| catchphrase | // | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| apocryphal | x/xx | Name |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| rejoinder | x/x | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| tautology | //xx | Noun |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| slogan | /x | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| exhortation | xx/x | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| quip | / | Noun |
| sayings | /x | Noun |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| quote | / | Noun |
| tenet | /x | Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| epitaph | /xx | Noun |
| axiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| wisdom | /x | Noun |
| felicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| cliche | x/ | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| neologism | x/xxx | Noun |
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun |
| philosopher | x/xx | Noun |
| catechism | /xxx | Noun |
| analects | xxx | Name |
| leitmotif | /xx | Noun |
| epithet | /xx | Noun |
| sutra | /x | Noun |
| tagline | /x | Noun |
| apropos | xx/ | Noun |
| koan | /x | Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| turn of phrase | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| watchword | /x | Noun |
| word | / | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| lemma | /x | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun |
| affirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| figure of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| theorem | /x | Noun |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun |
| exemplum | x/x | Noun |
| avowal | x/x | Noun |
| declaration | xx/x | Noun |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| postulate | /xx | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| contradiction in terms | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| citation | x/x | Noun |
| syllable | /xx | Noun |
| assertion | x/x | Noun |
| message | /x | Noun |
| exemplar | x/x | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| note | / | Noun |
| façon de parler | xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| hippocrates | x/xx | Name |
| hippocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| nietzschean | /xx | Adjective |
| nietzsche | /x | Name |
| fondness | /x | Noun |
| coined | / | Verb |
| summed | / | Verb |
| parable | /xx | Noun |
| famous | /x | Adjective |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| terse | / | Adjective |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective |
| echo | /x | Noun |
| good | / | Noun |
| encapsulated | x/xxx | Verb |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| homely | /x | Adjective |
| talmudic | /xx | Adjective |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| haiku | /x | Noun |
| homily | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| hymn | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| simile | /xx | Noun |
| verse | / | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
