epigram

is a dwarfish whole whose body is brevity and whose wit is its soul.

What is a epigram' A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

is a short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

is if successful, a bulls-eye of the spirit... a little handful of words in which a whole culture, a whole society is suddenly crystallized.

There are expressions and bulls-eyes of the spirit, there are epigrams, a little handful of words, in which a whole culture, a whole society is suddenly crystallized. Friedrich Nietzsche

is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

*Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.

is a flashlight of a truth while a witticism is truth laughing at itself.

is a half-truth stated so as to irritate people who believe the other half.

Epigram: Half-truth stated so as to irritate people who believe the other half.

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