Aphorism Quotes

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No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one question, at a… — Ronald Fisher
Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153 — Friedrich Nietzsche
Finally, to the theme of the respiratory chain, it is especially noteworthy that David Kellin's chemically simple view of the respiratory chain appears now to… — Peter D. Mitchell
On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle, the aphorisms of… — Robert Bellarmine
Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring children. — Noah Lukeman
Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink. — F. H. Bradley
An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it. — Emile M. Cioran
Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain. — James Geary
If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his or her own repertory of… — Milan Kundera
The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree. — Mason Cooley
We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism. — Paul Eldridge
The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist. — Alfred Polgar
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth. — Anatole Broyard
In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth. — Mason Cooley
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. — Ambrose Bierce
There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that… — Swami Vivekananda
The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind. — F. H. Bradley
The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth… — Samuel Johnson
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. — Karl Kraus

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