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Definition of Aphorisms
1. aphorism [n] - See also: aphorism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphorisms
Literary usage of Aphorisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brief Literary Criticisms by Richard Holt Hutton (1906)
"MORLEY ON aphorisms MR. JOHN MORLEY'S delightful lecture on " aphorisms ...
Take, for example, one of the best of the aphorisms quoted by Mr. Morley ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1840)
"The following passages, as is already said, are taken from the aphorisms, and
they are some of the most favourable specimens. “ Gain a friend by a quarrel, ..."
3. Swift: The Mystery of His Life and Love by James Hay (1891)
"aphorisms are the generalised expressions of many human experiences, ... I have
thought it worth while to collect a series of aphorisms from the writings of ..."
4. Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali Books in the British Museum by Ernst Anton Max Haas, Cecil Bendall, Lionel David Barnett, British Museum Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts (1908)
"A commentary on Panini's grammatical aphorisms. ... Being the aphorisms of Panini
with a commentary by Annam Bhatta.] 1896, etc. ..."
5. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... prudentes, voti compotes, &c., let no man then be terrified or molested with
such astrological aphorisms, or be much moved, either to vain hope or fear, ..."
6. The Christian Examiner (1837)
"Theological aphorisms. FB THE following article, which we have translated for
the Examiner, is a selection from two articles, entitled "Theological ..."
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