Splitting Semantic Hairs: The words "proverb," "adage," "maxim" and "aphorism," which are used interchangeably here, are pretty much synonymous. A proverb, according to the World Book Dictionary, ...
The best things in life are free and there's nothing new under the sun. One of these adages is thousands of years old and the other is a product of the 20th century, but could you tell which is which?