Aphorism Quote by Ambrose Bierce

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

— Ambrose Bierce

An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and illusions of…

— William C. Brown

The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.

— Mason Cooley

The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.

— Anonymous

An aphorism is a synthesis of poetry and prose, it is a narrative precipitate, a didactic parable, an ideological concept, in practice it 's…

— William C. Brown

Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a…

— Anonymous

Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late.

— James Alexander Thom

The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around.

— Mason Cooley

Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

— William Rounseville Alger

The best aphorisms are… portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in…

— William Rounseville Alger

The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist.

— Alfred Polgar

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

— Mason Cooley