noun
definition
An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
definition
An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim
Examples of adages in a Sentence
As the old adages go, learning takes time and practice makes perfect.
By his published works, his Colloquies, his Adages and his Apophthegms, he was the educator of the nations of Europe.
The volume of 1500 had been jejune, written when he knew nothing of Greek; Boo adages put together with scanty elucidations.
Don Enrique de Villena took from Les Prouesses his prose Los Doze Trabajos de Hercules (Zamora, 1483 and 1499), and Fernandez de Heredia wrote Trabajos y afanes de Hercules (Madrid, 1682), which belies its title, being a collection of adages and allegories.