truisms
Truisms are statements that are true by virtue of common experience or widely held beliefs, and that require little or no evidence to support them. The term is built from true plus the noun-forming suffix -ism, and it has been used since the 18th or 19th century to describe self-evident propositions that people accept as common sense.
Truisms often express general observations about human life, nature, or society. They are not intended to be
Common examples include phrases such as time heals all wounds, what goes around comes around, you reap
Critics note that truisms can be misleading if treated as universally applicable or timeless, since contexts