Aphorism Quote by Mason Cooley

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

— Robert Breault

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

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

“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

An aphorism is a synthesis of poetry and prose, it is a narrative precipitate, a didactic parable, an ideological concept, in practice it 's…

— William C. Brown

An aphorism is a generalization of sorts, and our present-day writers seem more at home with the particular.

— Anatole Broyard

“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

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

— James Geary

Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.

— Mason Cooley

An aphorism and its author aren't joined by a dash, but separated by it.

— John Alejandro King