Quotes About Aphorisms

The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate.

The aphorisms were judged more insightful when they rhymed than when they did not. Finally, if you quote a source, choose one with a name that is easy to pronounce.

The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind.

when you are constantly prevailing upon the kindness of strangers-as a hitchhiker must-it keeps you in a positive frame of mind. Call it Zen and the Art of Hitchhiking. The Way of the Lift. The chrysanthemum and the Thumb. Heady on beer and the sound of my own voice, the aphorisms spilled out unchecked.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

Persons who have a painful affection in any part of the body, and are in a great measure sensible of the pain, are disordered in intellect.

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.

Chinese are noted for their aphorisms and proverbs, and they and Indians find great sources of humor in parables, which we in the West find only moderately funny, although they do combine wisdom, moralizing and a sense of perspective

Patch grief with proverbs

Patch griefs with proverbs.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well.

Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists' shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription.

It was important to get things right, especially if you were going to make sayings out of them.

The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.

I prefer sayings over jokes.

Never an intellectual who relished ideas for their own sake, he mined books for practical wisdom and delighted in dredging up handy aphorisms.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.