apophthegm

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Faint heart never won fair lady, he said to himself, in some answering apophthegm.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

In this passage the apophthegm is incorrectly attributed to Archidamus the Third, although the Peloponnesian war is mentioned in connexion with it.782.Thuc.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Men defended themselves in a short brilliant expression; and if that did not protect them, they died with a lively apophthegm, and their last words were wit.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

The lump of earth, being taken somewhat by surprise, was not prepared with an apophthegm, and said nothing.

From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose

The perverseness of mankind makes it often mischievous 37in men of eminence to give way to merriment; the idle and the illiterate will long shelter themselves under this foolish apophthegm.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel