Zadie Smith

I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.

British Novelist

Friedrich Nietzsche

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of 'eternity'; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book - what everyone else does not say in a book.

German Philosopher

Sam Waterston

I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.

American Actor

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

English Politician

Gretchen Rubin

I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into a few words.

American Author

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

German Poet

Mason Cooley

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

American Writer

Paul Eldridge

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.

American Educator

Anatole Broyard

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

American Critic

Umberto Eco

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

Italian Novelist

Aphorisms are brief and impactful, designed to convey deep truths succinctly.

Brevity Key

Aphorisms often reflect cultural values and wisdom passed down through generations.

Cultural Wisdom

Aphorisms are commonly quoted in writing and speech to make a point quickly and effectively.

Widely Quoted

In science, aphorisms summarize complex concepts into a universally understood statement.

Scientific Context

Scientific aphorisms often originate from classical texts and carry historical significance.

Historical Origins

Use scientific aphorisms in academic or intellectual discussions for effective communication.

Academic Language

 How could this be? Here's a Could it be that those ties to ancestral soil, the soft variables reflected in their aphorisms, actually affect longevity? The power of motherland so fundamental to that part of the world seems palliative.

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 we all know the saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder but scientists tell us that this age-old aphorism is true you literally can measure Beauty by

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 reliable all right let me then finish off with four general statements and example and two aphorisms the characteristics which I think are useful

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