apothegm
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, Broner apologized for his language, invoking an apothegm of his own invention.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2015
He was an apothegm slinger; he was unstoppable.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2012
The Philip Green approach, "done and dusted, back to the beach", is not their style, any more than his apothegm: "I want to make a profit, not be a prophet."
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2010
The framer of this apothegm is the proprietor of both a good restaurant and an unusual personality.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And he quoted with approval the infamous apothegm of Louis the Eleventh: "Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare."
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.