Aphorism Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

An aphorism should be like a burr: sting, ... and leave a little soreness.

— Irving Layton

To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.

— Mason Cooley

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

— Mason Cooley

“The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is…

— Lemony Snicket

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

— James Alexander Thom

“Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some…

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Mason Cooley

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I…

— James Geary

An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.

— Mason Cooley

Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.

— Mason Cooley

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful…

— Samuel Johnson

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