Aphorism Quote by Stefan Kanfer

An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and illusions of…

— William C. Brown

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

— Mason Cooley

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

— Anatole Broyard

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

— Winston Churchill

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

— Mason Cooley

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

— Umberto Eco

An aphorism is a generalization, therefore not modern.

— John Fowles

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.

— Mason Cooley

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist.

— Alfred Polgar