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Aphorism Quotes

A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. Hence it is the greatest paradox in literature, the imperishable in the midst of change, the nourishment which always remains highly valued, as salt does, and never becomes stupid like salt Picture Quote #1

A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny Picture Quote #1

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen Picture Quote #1

An aphorism is not a cliche: it penetrates and bites. It has wit, and consequently an affinity with satire...Christ speaks in aphorisms, not because they are alive, but because he is Picture Quote #1

Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part Picture Quote #1

To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point Picture Quote #1

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An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general Picture Quote #1

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog Picture Quote #1

An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half truth or one and a half truths Picture Quote #1

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism Picture Quote #1

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A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. Hence it is the greatest paradox in literature, the imperishable in the midst of change, the nourishment which always remains highly valued, as salt does, and never becomes stupid like salt (Aphorism Quotes) A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny (Aphorism Quotes) The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen (Aphorism Quotes) An aphorism is not a cliche: it penetrates and bites. It has wit, and consequently an affinity with satire...Christ speaks in aphorisms, not because they are alive, but because he is (Aphorism Quotes) Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part (Aphorism Quotes) To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point (Aphorism Quotes) An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general (Aphorism Quotes) An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog (Aphorism Quotes) An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half truth or one and a half truths (Aphorism Quotes) How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism (Aphorism Quotes)

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