aphorism
Example Sentences
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Wordplay, aphorisms and bon mots were Stoppard’s signature.
From Los Angeles Times
Wittgenstein’s central thesis is bold and bracing, while his gnomic aphorisms invite multiple, contradictory interpretations.
She had a wealth of Dale Carnegie-esque aphorisms to pump up her young charge, such as “put on your magic shoes,” or “Mind is in every cell of the body. Thoughts are everything.”
From Los Angeles Times
There’s another old aphorism about wealth, credited to the burlesque star and actress, Sophie Tucker.
From Los Angeles Times
In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: A person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
From Salon
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