The title refers to the old aphorism about the elephant in the living room, the large, ugly object that people ignore.

Now, five years later, the question why still lingers, along with the warning of the old aphorism that 'we live beyond what we enact'.

By word association, an old aphorism surfaced in his mind.

I smiled, remembering an old aphorism from somewhere.

The old aphorism was true, there was no denying that.

This recalls the old aphorism, "Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there."

All knew the old aphorism "As is the zhavey, so is the child."

A free man is a better companion than a slave, says the old aphorism.

As the old aphorism has it, being born in a stable doesn't make you a horse.

For true is the old aphorism, that love exists not without hope.