- An
aphorism (from Gr**** ἀφορισμός: aphorismos,
denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or
memorable expression...
- The Zürau
Aphorisms (German: Die Zürauer Aphorismen) are 109
aphorisms of
Franz Kafka,
written from
September 1917 to
April 1918 and
published by his friend...
- "The road to **** is
paved with good intentions" is a
proverb or
aphorism. A
common meaning of the
phrase is that
wrongdoings or evil
actions are often...
- "Time is money" is an
aphorism that is
claimed to have
originated in "Advice to a
Young Tradesman", an
essay by
Benjamin Franklin that
appeared in George...
-
Seven Aphorisms "The
Aphorisms of
Summum and the Ten Commandments". Summum.
Retrieved May 22, 2006. Barnes,
Robert (April 1, 2008). "The
Seven Aphorisms of...
- The Bed of Procrustes:
Philosophical and
Practical Aphorisms is a
philosophy book by N****im
Nicholas Taleb written in the
aphoristic style. It was first...
- wrong" is a
common aphorism and
anapodoton in statistics. It is
often expanded as "All
models are wrong, but some are useful". The
aphorism acknowledges that...
-
Divide and rule, more
frequently called Divide and
conquer (Latin:
divide et impera, lit. 'divide and rule'), in
politics refers to an
entity gaining and...
-
Carpe diem is a
Latin aphorism,
usually translated "seize the day",
taken from book 1 of the
Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).
Carpe is the second-person...
- by
Romanian author Emil Cioran. The book is
presented as a
series of
aphorisms,
meditating primarily on the
painful nature of
being alive, and how this...
