Poetry Quote by Ambrose Bierce

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

— Ambrose Bierce

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

— Minna Antrim

What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“An,Epigram, Is,an,epic,Weight, Concealed, In,a,gram’s,Space.”

— Jose Garcia Villa

Those who are inspired by quotes and epigrams are those who will inspire the wisdom and ingenuity needed to change the world.

— Anonymous

“The Greek word epos means simply “word” or “story” or “song.” It is related to a verb meaning “to say” or “to tell,” which…

— Homer

“Knowing what's ETERNAL will sustain you through the EPHEMERAL.”

— Tehya Sky

“words...To lure the tribal shoals to epigram / And order.”

— Seamus Heaney

An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a place where…

— Abraham Isaac Kook

“It’s funny how some things are just words until one day, it happens to you, and it’s like an epiphany.”

— Cheryl McIntyre

“Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives, dares now to vindicate them, let not prejudice, nor ignorance,…

— Gretta Curran Browne

“APOPHTHEGM  (A'POPHTHEGM)   n.s. remarkable saying; a valuable maxim uttered on some sudden occasion.”

— Samuel Johnson