Aphorism Quote by Steven Pinker

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

— Anatole Broyard

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

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

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

— Karl Kraus

A page of good prose remains invincible.

— John Cheever

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

— James Geary

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

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

— James Geary

“Writers don't just create pages in a novel, but depth to worlds that become a safe haven for those who wish to escape the…

— T.J. Mihaila

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

— Robert Breault

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

— Anatole Broyard

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give…

— John Cheever