Epigrams Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
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
There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters of… — Brander Matthews
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. — Martial
If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you… — David Foster Wallace
Take my advice, dear reader, donâ€™t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is almost irresistible. But… — Joseph P. Farrell
In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem van Loon
Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat… — Peter De Vries
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard. — Martial
It is with epigrams as with other inventions; the best ones annoy us because we didn't think of them ourselves. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea… — Wallace Shawn
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. — W. Somerset Maugham
Job plunges into a series of demands on and accusations of God which may be and indeed are epigrams of high intelligence, but are not… — Charles Williams
EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the… — Ambrose Bierce

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