Ambition Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

The aphorism, the apothegm, in which I am the first among the Germans to be a master, are the forms of “eternity”; it is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words....

— Robert Breault

My aphorisms have the power to translate my ideas into written words that clearly express my feelings and convictions.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all…

— Samuel Johnson

“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

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

— James Alexander Thom

I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.

— James Geary

An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject.

— Robert Breault

What are your Axioms, and Categories, and Systems, and Aphorisms? Words, words.... Be not the slave of Words...

— Thomas Carlyle

Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.

— James Geary

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

“Write as many books as you want, but remember that literature is never about quantity. Even the most popular works fade into the shadows…

— Mouloud Benzadi