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Aphorism

An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation.

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related to Aphorists · 39
Aphorism → Adorno, Benjamin FranklinAndrzej Maksymilian FredroJoan, BoxF, BradleyBurchard, ChazalCheng Yen, Damaged Life, Desiderius ErasmusGustave Flaubert, Dictionary, Dávila, Edmond JabèsTomáš JanovicJoseph JoubertFranz, El Conde Lucanor, Emil CioranArkady DavidowitzNicolás Gómez, Escolios, Friedrich NietzscheOiva PaloheimoDorothy ParkerPatanjaliPetar, FusterKahlil GibranJan GreshoffRobert, George, George Bernard ShawLev ShestovSun, Georges BatailleJean BaudrillardAmbrose Bierce, Heinlein, II Petrović-NjegošFaina RanevskayaFrançois
see also · 37
Aphorism → Adagia, Ancient, Aspect, Baháʼu'lláh, Baháʼí, BCE, BibleEcclesiastes, Book, Brief, Buddhism, Concise, Desiderius Erasmus RoterodamusBrocard, Deuterocanonical, Established, Extra-canonical, Hebrew Bible, Hidden Words, Hinduism, Inscription, Ireland
related to Philosophy · 30
Aphorism → Alternately, Andrew Hui, Arthur Schopenhauer, Blaise Pascal, Chinese, Confucian Analects, Confucianism, Desiderius Erasmus, For, Francis Bacon, Friedrich Nietzsche, He, Heraclitus, Hindu, Hui, Humanities Andrew Hui, In, Lastly, Likewise, Nietzsche's
related to Further reading · 28
Aphorism → Adam, Andrew Hui, Aphorisms, Bloomsbury, Brevity, Brief History, Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, From Confucius, Geary, Gopnik, ISBN, James, John Morley, July, London, Macmillan Publishers, New York, November, Phrase, Princeton
related to Literature · 24
Aphorism → Adagia, Aphoristic, Baltasar Gracián, Biblical Ecclesiastes, Blaise Pascal, Days, Delphic, Elder, Epictetus' Handbook, Erasmus, Flemish, François, Hesiod's Works, India, Islamic, La Rochefoucauld, Netherlandish Proverbs, Other, Pieter Bruegel, Pythagoras
related to Society · 12
Aphorism → Aphorisms, Chanakya, Confucius, Douglas Adams, Greece, King Solomon, Many, Misquoted, Private Eye's Colemanballs, Seven Sages, Terry Pratchett, Wodehouse
related to history · 6
Aphorism → Aphorisms, Ars, Currently, Hippocrates, The, This
related to External links · 4
Aphorism → Arabic, Commentary, English, Hippocrates' Aphorisms

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Aphorismrelated to AphoristsTheodor0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsAdorno0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsMinima Moralia0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsReflections0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsDamaged Life0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsGeorges BatailleJean BaudrillardAmbrose Bierce0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsThe Devil's Dictionary0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsGeorge0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsBoxF0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsBradleyBurchard0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsWormsMalcolm0.60section
Aphorismrelated to AphoristsChazalCheng Yen0.60section

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