Aphorism Quote by William Rounseville Alger

The best aphorisms are… portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in…

— William Rounseville Alger

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

— James Geary

Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.

— Anonymous

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

— Ambrose Bierce

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

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

— James Geary

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

The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

— Paul Ricoeur

“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 the true form of the universal philosophy.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel