hackneyed saying

The hackneyed saying is a good deal nearer to being exact than are most didactic aphorisms.

Hes our guide, philosopher, and friend, if I may quote a hackneyed saying.

The hackneyed saying "The sire is half the herd" appears to have a different meaning to varying persons.

But the old and hackneyed saying about the darkest hour just before the dawn was never more true.

It is a hackneyed saying, that "the blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church."