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published collection of
aphorisms is
Adagia by Erasmus.
Other important early aphorists were
Baltasar Gracián, François de La Rochefoucauld, and
Blaise Pascal...
- was a
Polish aphorist and poet.
Often mentioned among the
greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most
influential aphorists of the 20th...
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Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was an Austrian-Czech
novelist and
writer from Prague. He is
widely regarded as a
major figure of 20th-century...
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie
Wills Wilde (16
October 1854 – 30
November 1900) was an
Irish poet and playwright.
After writing in
different forms throughout...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15
October 1844 – 25
August 1900) was a
German classical scholar, philosopher, and
critic of culture, who
became one of the...
- Eric
Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21
January 1950) was a
British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and
critic who
wrote under the pen name of George...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 –
April 21, 1910),
known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an
American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was...
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Aristotle (Attic Gr****: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an
Ancient Gr****
philosopher and polymath. His
writings cover a
broad range...
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 –
January 6, 1919),
often referred to as
Teddy or T. R., was the 26th
president of the
United States, serving...
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S.
January 6, 1705] –
April 17, 1790) was an
American polymath: a
leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman...
