aphorism

E.M. Cioran

is a form of eternity. If done right, it  says more than what everyone else says in an entire book.

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of 'eternity'... my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book what everyone else does not say in a book. Friedrich Nietzsche

is a handy weapon, having the keenness of the stiletto, and its glitter.

The epigram is a handy weapon, having the keenness of the stiletto, and its glitter. - William Watson, 'A Note on Epigram,' 1883

is a verbal perception: that is, it's a verbal analogy of a Gestalt perception.

a verbal perception: that is, it's a verbal analogy of a Gestalt perception.

will not do as a guide to thought, but it's normal & healthy as an occasional reaction.

writing gives you only an occasional hint of, then he will naturally turn to a more discontinuous form, and he'll write in a series of aphorisms.

is like the seed of a plant which the soil it is thrown into must expand into leaves, and flowers, and fruit... so that the great part of it must sometimes be written as it were by the reader.

A maxim is sometimes like the seed of a plant which the soil it is thrown into must expand into leaves, and flowers, and fruit... so that the great part of it must sometimes be written as it were by the reader. - Fulke Greville (1554'1628)

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

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

is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means. Winston Churchill

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