aphorism
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If we’re playing Aphorism Tag, I’ll throw this back at you: If you don’t stop growing, congratulations, you’re a cancer.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
A considerable portion of lead must certainly have been added to the intellect of Bacon when he wrote this Aphorism.
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas
Aphorism be damned; it's just plain horse sense.
From The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by Scott, John Reed
I am accredited with the Aphorism, ‘Taste is the Feminine of Genius.’
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis
And it was formerly found out by that great good man Hippocrates, Aphorism Verae etenim maniae, &c.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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