apophthegm

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The soul of Sir Thomas Gourlay writhed within him like a wounded serpent, at the calm but noble truth contained in this apophthegm.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

Dr. Johnson would have laboured this short apophthegm into a voluminous common-place.

From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Waller, Alfred Rayney

Another perfect thing from this diverting piece, followed also by Homeric cachinnations, was the mock-serious apophthegm: "If a cloud is going to support a lady of substantial proportions, you must make it fairly solid."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various

The moral of this fable cannot be given until he shall get down, and close the conversation with the regular apophthegm.

From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose

But after nigh six months of palpitating negotiations with the adorable Mrs. Glamorys, the poet, in a moment of dejection, penned the prose apophthegm, "It is of no use trying to change a changeable person."

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel