Activity Quote by William C. Brown

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 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 not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

— Winston Churchill

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

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

— Umberto Eco

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

“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

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

— Mason Cooley

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

— Anatole Broyard

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

— Mason Cooley